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John is born
Born in Downtown Las Angeles -
Convinced he wants to be composer
John decides in high school he wants to be a writer -
Cage enrols in college
Cage enrols in Pomona College in Claremont as a theology major -
Cage drops out of college
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Cage heads to New York
Goes here to study music and gets lessons from Cowel -
Invents Prepared piano
invention of the prepared piano—a piano which has had its sound altered by objects placed on, beneath or between the strings -
Cage starts writing music
Cage writes "Dad" and "Crete" (named after his parents) -
Cage creates 4'33
Cage composed the piece that became his best-known and most controversial creation: 4′33″. -
John dies
dies of natural causes
