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"4'33" by John Cage (Twenty Thousand Hertz)

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Cage's Sonata Number Five

John cage created music that challenged some very established ideas about music composition. Cage's sonata number five from sonatas and interludes for prepared piano is probably his most famous work outside of four 33. "I'm a little bit of a control freak when it comes to just wanting something to sound a certain way"

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