when was john cage born
Cage was born September 5, 1912, at Good Samaritan Hospital in downtown Los Angeles. His father, John Milton Cage, Sr. (1886â1964), was an inventor, and his mother, Lucretia (Crete) Harvey (1885â1969), worked intermittently as a journalist for the Los Angeles Times. pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde. Critics have lauded him as one of the most influential American composers of the 20th century.