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Work: For John Cage

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ComposerFeldman, Morton (1926-1987)
PeriodModern
Year1982
Work typeInstrumental
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Intrusions and inversions: Morton Feldman's For John Cage at Ether

The story of how composers Morton Feldman and John Cage met is now famous: in 1950, feeling dismayed by an audience’s discourteous reaction to Anton Webern’s Symphony, Op. 21 at a New York Philharmonic performance, Feldman decided to leave the concert. In the lobby he encountered Cage, who was there for the same reason.
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