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Biography |
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1912 |
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Born September 5th in Los Angeles, California |
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1937 |
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Moved to Seattle to work as a dance accompanist |
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1938 |
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Founded a percussion orchestra in Seattle |
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1941 - 1942 |
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Taught at the Chicago School of Design |
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1945 |
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Developed an interest in Eastern philosophy that greatly influenced his work |
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1949 |
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Awarded by the National Academy of Arts and Letters for the invention of the prepared piano |
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1954 |
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Moved to Stony Point, New York where he developed an interest in mushrooms |
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1962 |
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Taught about mushrooms at the New York School for Social Research. This same year he founded the New York Mycological Society |
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1978 |
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Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
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1981 |
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Received the New York Mayor’s Honor Award of Arts and Sciences |
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1982 |
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Awarded Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Government |
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1989 |
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Traveled to Japan to be awarded the Kyoto Prize |
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1992 |
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Died August 12th |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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March 13, "John Cage: String Quartet in Four Parts and works by Feldman, Crawford, Ives, Nancarrow and Varèse",Theater Kikker, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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2009 |
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Feb. 5, "John Cage: Organ2 / ASLSP", Center for the Arts, Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, USA |
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2008 |
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"The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco |
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