John Cage

This article discusses Henry Cowell and John Cage, two innovators in the world of symphony music.

The core of art is intent, and the audience has the ability to determine the status of any work. One person could listen to the crickets and an owl at night and hear beautiful music, but another could just hear annoying sounds.

During the 1960s and 1970s, experimental musicians, poets, writers, and artists discovered a new art movement: The Fluxus Movement. Nude performances, television cellos, and silent compositions became the norm of an anything but normal movement.