Briefly discuss the contributions of John Cage and some of the questions that he attempted to assert with his composition 4’33’’.

What will be an ideal response?

John Cage was a West Coast composer and a student of Henry Cowell. sought new sounds from the piano.“prepared piano”modifying the sound of the piano by muting or damping the strings with various objectsSonatas and Interludes for Prepared Pianoconsidered the “father of chance music” 4’33’’ (1952)Through this piece where the performer or performers sit silently on stage for four minutes and thirty-three seconds, Cage asked,“Why should music be different form the sounds of life?”“Should we not open our ears to every possible kind of sound and every possible sound conjunction?”