John Cage - 100

Review by Callie Seoul

The album 100 by John Cage is a remarkable piece of work that showcases the composer's unique approach to music. The album contains one hundred tracks, each of which is exactly one minute long, and features a wide range of sounds, from silence and ambient noise to traditional musical instruments and spoken word.

The album is an exploration of Cage's philosophy of chance and indeterminacy, and it challenges the listener to approach music in a new way. The tracks are arranged in a seemingly random order, creating a sense of unpredictability and surprise that keeps the listener engaged throughout.

Despite the unconventional nature of the album, there is a sense of coherence and purpose to the work. The use of silence and ambient noise creates a meditative atmosphere, while the use of traditional instruments and spoken word adds a human element to the music.

Artist: John Cage
Album: 100

Germany

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2012

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Track	Duration	Preview
Sonata # 10	2:27
Concert For Piano And Orchestra	27:44
Harmony XXIV	2:37
Fourth Interlude	2:38
Sonata # 4	2:19
Music For Two	29:27
Sonata # 3	2:27
Sonata # 5	1:18
Sonata # 11	2:36
Eight Whiskus	5:07
Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano	(55:50)
Second Interlude	3:40
First Interlude	2:53
III	4:37
Sonata # 16	5:23
Sonata # 8	2:37
John Cage Reads The Introduction To The WDR Radio Version Of The Play, 1982	12:06
Harmony XIII	1:46
Sonata # 12	2:42
IV	4:23
Sonata # 2	2:03
II	3:59
James Joyce, Marcel Duchamp, Erik Satie: An Alphabet	64:35
Sonata # 1	2:50
Third Interlude	2:43
Etudes Boreales For Cello Solo And Piano Solo	(19:44)
Variations II	19:52
Atlas Eclipticalis	41:18
Sonata # 7	1:47
I	5:02
10'40.3'' For A String Player, As Part Of: 26'1.1499'' For A String Player	10:40
Harmony XXVII	1:45
Sonata # 6	1:48
Sonatas # 14 & 15 Gemini (After The Work By Richard Lippold)	5:06
Sonata # 9	3:53
Etudes Boreales For A Percussionist Using A Piano	(18:01)
Ryoanji	19:51
Sonata # 13	3:24
Harmony XXII	4:27

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WER 6951 2

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5 × CD Box Set
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Role	Company
Phonographic Copyright (p)	WERGO
Copyright (c)	WERGO
Glass Mastered At	Sony DADC

Credits

Role	Credit
Composed By	John Cage
Design	HJ. Kropp
Engineer	Gretchen Zoeckler (tracks: 1-1 to 1-19), Tom Lazarus (tracks: 2-1, 2-2)
Layout	Ulrike Bretz-Faust
Edited By	Ulrike Bretz-Faust
Liner Notes	Eric Salzman, Hanno Ehrler, Klaus Schöning, Peter Niklas Wilson, Petr Kotík, Richard Kostelanetz
Mastered By	Allan Tucker (tracks: 2-1, 2-2)
Photography By	Ansgar Maria Van Treeck, Astrid Karger, John Maggiotto, Peter Andersen , Roberto Sadek, Yatzek
Producer	Bernd Leukert (tracks: 4-1 to 4-4), Frank Kämpfer (tracks: 5-1 to 5-13), Heiner Stadler (tracks: 1-1 to 1-19, 2-1, 2-2), Rolf W. Stoll (tracks: 5-1 to 5-13)

Notes

CD 1: WER 60156-50, recorded in 1975
CD 2: WER 62162, recorded in 1992
CD 3: WER 63102, recorded in 1982 and 1990
CD 4: WER 66362, recorded in 1998
CD 5: WER 67182, recorded in 2009
Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano (1946-48)
Recorded on July 26-27, 1975 at Minot Sound Studios, White Plains, New-York.
© C. F. Peters Musikverlag Frankfurt | Leipzig | London | New York
Concert For Piano And Orchestra (1957-58)
Recorded on January 26, 1992 at the Willow Place Auditorium, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Atlas Eclipticalis (1961-62)
Recorded on March 15, 1992 at the Academy of Arts & Letters, New York City
Mastered at Foothill Digital, New York City
John Cage Reads The Introduction To The WDR Radio Version Of The Play, 1982
James Joyce, Marcel Duchamp, Erik Satie: An Alphabet
WDR Sound Art Festival 2nd Acustica International, 1990
Performance with John Cage and friends
Recorded at the Equitable Theatre of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 29 April 1990.
© James Joyce, Marcel Duchamp, Erik Satie: An Alphabet: John Cage Trust, New York.
Variations II , realisation for violin and glass harmonica
Eight Whiskus , for violin
Music for Two , for violin and percussion
Ryoanji (1983-85), for voice and percussion, voice part transcribed for violin by Malcolm Goldstein with permission of John Cage
Recorded 29-30 October 1998, Studio I of Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)
Harmony XXVII for Violoncello And Piano
Etudes Boreales for a percussionist Using a Piano
Harmony XXII for Violoncello And Piano
10'40.3", as part of 26'1.1499 for a String Player
Harmony XXIV for Violoncello And Piano
Etudes Boreales for Cello Solo and Piano Solo
Harmony XIII for Violoncello And Piano
Recorded 7-10 September 2009, Deutschland Kammermusiksaal
℗ + © 2012 WERGO, a division of Schott Music & Media GmbH, Mainz, Germany.
Manufactured in Austria. Printed in Germany.

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Barcode (EAN): 4010228695120
Barcode (Text): 4 010228 695120
Label Code: LC 00846
SPARS Code: ADD/DDD
Rights Society: GEMA
Other (CD 1 Catalog#): WER 6951 2
Other (CD 2 Catalog#): WER 6952 2
Other (CD 3 Catalog#): WER 6953 2
Other (CD 4 Catalog#): WER 6954 2
Other (CD 5 Catalog#): WER 6955 2
Matrix / Runout (CD1): Sony DADC A0100217246-0101 31 A02
Mastering SID Code (CD1, CD2): IFPI L551
Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI 94K5
Matrix / Runout (CD2): Sony DADC A0100194448-0101 41 B01
Mould SID Code (CD2, CD3, CD4): IFPI 94K7
Matrix / Runout (CD3): Sony DADC A0100451079-0102 25 A00
Mastering SID Code (CD3, CD5): IFPI L555
Matrix / Runout (CD4): Sony DADC A0100278085-0101 32 A00
Mastering SID Code (CD4): IFPI L552
Matrix / Runout (CD5): Sony DADC A0101536987-0101 25 A00
Mould SID Code (CD5): IFPI 94K8

About John Cage

John Cage (born September 5, 1912, Los Angeles, California, USA - died August 12, 1992, New York City, New York, USA) was an American composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher, and artist. He is best known and lauded as a pioneer of post-war avant-garde composition. He left Pomona College early to travel in Europe (1930-31), then studied with in New York (1933-4) and in Los Angeles (1934): his first published compositions, in a rigorous atonal system of his own, date from this period. In 1937 he moved to Seattle to work as a dance accompanist, and there in 1938 he founded a percussion orchestra; his music now concerned with filling units of time with ostinatos (First Construction in Metal, 1939). He also began to use electronic devices (variable-speed turntables in Imaginary Landscape n.1, 1939) and invented the 'prepared piano', which involves placing a variety of objects between the strings of a grand piano in order to create an effective percussion orchestra under the control of two hands. He moved to San Francisco in 1939, to Chicago in 1941 and back to New York in 1942, all the time writing music for dance companies (notably for with whom he formed a lifelong relationship), nearly always for prepared piano or percussion ensemble. There were also major concert works for the new instrument: A Book of Music (1944) and Three Dances (1945) for two prepared pianos, and the Sonatas and Interludes (1948) for one. During this period Cage became interested in Eastern philosophies, especially in Zen. Working to remove creative choice from composition, he used coin tosses to determine events (Music of Changes for piano, 1951), wrote for 12 radios (Imaginary Landscape n.4, also 1951) and introduced other indeterminate techniques. His 4'33" (1952) has no composed sound -- only that of the environment in which it is performed; the Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1958) is an encyclopedia of indeterminate notations. Yet other works show his growing interest in the theatre of musical performance (Water Music, 1952, for pianist with a variety of non-standard equipment) and in electronics (Imaginary Landscape n.5 for randomly mixed recordings, 1952; Cartridge Music for small sounds amplified in live performance, 1960), culminating in various large-scale events staged as jamborees of haphazardness (HPSCHD for harpsichords, tapes etc, 1969). The later output is various, including indeterminate works, others fully notated within a very limited range of material, and pieces for natural resources (plants, shells). Cage appeared widely in Europe and the USA as a lecturer and performer, having an enormous influence on younger musicians and artists. He was married to from 1935 until their divorce in 1945.

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John Milton Cage
Jr.

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John John Cage
Johnny Cage
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Summary by Callie Seoul

100 by John Cage is a fascinating and thought-provoking album that will appeal to anyone interested in experimental music and avant-garde art. It is a testament to Cage's innovative spirit and his enduring influence on contemporary music.