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John Cage
1912 – 1992
Chord Barn does not yet hold an IMSLP-sourced piano score collection for John Cage. This page presents the composer and work catalog data published by Open Opus, a public-domain (CC0) classical-music metadata project, so the work list below is bibliographic — titles, subtitles, and genre classifications — not a set of downloadable PDF editions.

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Works by John Cage in the Open Opus catalog
133 works · Data from Open Opus (openopus.org), released into the public domain (CC0) — fetched 2026-09-11. Catalog entries only: title, subtitle, and genre classification as published by Open Opus. These are not downloadable score editions.
By genre, from Open Opus’s own classification on this composer’s work records: 50 Keyboard · 12 Orchestral · 46 Chamber · 23 Vocal · 2 Stage.
- 108, for orchestraOrchestral
- 2 Pieces for PianoKeyboard
- 2 Pieces for PianoKeyboard
- 27'10.554", for percussionChamber
- 3 Dances for 2 Prepared Amplified PianosKeyboard
- 3 Songs, for voice and pianoVocal
- 36 Mesostics re and not re Marcel Duchamp, for solo voiceVocal
- 4 Walls, for voice and pianoStage
- 4'33"Chamber
- 5 Songs, for voice and pianoVocal
- 62 Mesostics Re Merce Cunningham, for solo voiceVocal
- 8 Whiskus, for solo voiceVocal
- A Book of Music, for 2 prepared pianosKeyboard
- A Flower, for voice and closed pianoVocal
- A RoomKeyboard
- A Valentine out of SeasonKeyboard
- Amores, for prepared piano and 3 percussionChamber
- And the Earth Shall Bear AgainKeyboard
- Aria, for solo voiceVocal
- ASLSP, for pianoKeyboard
- Atlas EclipticalisOrchestral
- BacchanaleKeyboard
- Branches, for amplified plants and any number of playersChamber
- But What About the Noise..., for percussion ensemble of 3-10 playersChamber
- Child of Tree, for percussionist and amplified plantsChamber
- Composed Improvisation For Snare DrumChamber
- Composed Improvisation, for bass guitarChamber
- Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber OrchestraOrchestral
- Dance Music, for 5 percussionistsChamber
- Daughters of the Lonesome IsleKeyboard
- Dream, for pianoKeyboard
- Experiences no. 1, for two pianosKeyboard
- Experiences no. 2, for solo voiceVocal
- Fads and Fancies In the Academy, for piano and 4 percussionistsChamber
- First Construction, for 6 percussionistsChamber
- Five / Song BooksVocal
- Five-4, for 2 saxes and percussion, "In Memory of Stephan Wolpe"Chamber
- Five, for 5 any voices or instrumentsChamber
- Fontana Mix - Feed, for percussionChamber
- Forever and Sunsmell, for voice and 2 percussionVocal
- Four Dances, for piano, percussion and voiceVocal
- Four-4, for 4 percussionistsChamber
- Four, for string quartetChamber
- Haikai, for flute and zoomoozophoneChamber
- Haikai, for gamelan ensembleChamber
- HPSCHD, for up to 7 harpsichords and up to 51 tapesKeyboard
- Imaginary Landscape no. 1, for 2 variable speed turntables, frequency records, muted piano and cymbalChamber
- In a Landscape, for pianoKeyboard
- In the Name of the HolocaustKeyboard
- Inlets, for conch shell, "Improvisation II"Chamber
- Lecture on the Weather, for 12 speaker-vocalists or instrumentalists and tapeChamber
- Litany for the Whale, for 2 equal voicesVocal
- Living Room Music, for 4 percussionistsChamber
- MetamorphosisKeyboard
- Mirakus-2, for solo voiceVocal
- Music for 2, for solo voiceVocal
- Music for Amplified Toy PianosKeyboard
- Music for Marcel DuchampKeyboard
- Music for Piano 1- 85, for pianoKeyboard
- Music for Piano 1, for pianoKeyboard
- Music for Piano 2Keyboard
- Music for Piano 2, for pianoKeyboard
- Music for Piano 20, for pianoKeyboard
- Music for Piano 21 - 36, for piano or any number of pianosKeyboard
- Music for Piano 3, for pianoKeyboard
- Music for Piano 37 - 52, for piano or any number of pianosKeyboard
- Music for Piano 4 - 19, for piano or any number of pianosKeyboard
- Music for Piano 53 - 68, for piano or any number of pianosKeyboard
- Music for Piano 69 - 84, for piano or any number of pianosKeyboard
- Music for Two, for two pianosKeyboard
- Mysterious AdventureKeyboard
- Nocturne, for violin and pianoChamber
- Nowth upon Nacht, for voice and pianoVocal
- One 2, for 1-4 pianosKeyboard
- One 8; 108 and 109, for cello and orchestraOrchestral
- One-10, for violin soloChamber
- One-13, for cello soloChamber
- One-4, for percussionChamber
- One-6, for violin soloChamber
- One-8, for cello with BACH bowChamber
- One, for pianoKeyboard
- One4, for percussionChamber
- One5, for pianoKeyboard
- OpheliaKeyboard
- Perpetual TangoKeyboard
- Prelude for MeditationKeyboard
- Primitive, for string pianoKeyboard
- Quartet, for 4 percussionistsChamber
- Quartets I-VIII, for 24, 41 or 93 instrumentsChamber
- Root of an UnfocusKeyboard
- Royanji, for double bassChamber
- Second Construction, for 4 percussionistsChamber
- Seven, for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola and celloChamber
- Seventy-FourOrchestral
- She is Asleep, for voice, piano, and percussionVocal
- Six, for 6 percussionistsChamber
- Solo for Voice 2Vocal
- Solo for Voice 58, 18 ragasVocal
- Solo, for sliding tromboneChamber
- Some of 'The Harmony of Maine', for organ and 6 assistantsKeyboard
- Sonata for 2 VoicesChamber
- Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared PianoKeyboard
- Sonatas and Interludes, for pianoKeyboard
- Song Books Volumes 1 and 2, for solo voiceVocal
- Sonnekus-2, for solo voiceVocal
- Souvenir. for organKeyboard
- StoryVocal
- Story, for chorusVocal
- String Quartet in 4 PartsChamber
- Suite for Toy PianoKeyboard
- The Perilous NightKeyboard
- The SeasonsStage
- The Unavailable Memory ofKeyboard
- The Wonderful Widow of 18 Springs, for voice and closed pianoVocal
- Third Construction, for 4 percussionistsChamber
- Thirty Pieces for Five OrchestrasOrchestral
- Three-2, for 3 percussionistsChamber
- Three, for 3 performers and a variety of recordersChamber
- Tossed As It Is UntroubledKeyboard
- Totem AncestorKeyboard
- Trio, for 3 percussionistsChamber
- Twenty-Eight, for orchestraOrchestral
- Twenty-Eight, Twenty-Six and Twenty-Nine, for multiple orchestrasOrchestral
- Twenty-Nine, for 4 percussionists, piano and stringsOrchestral
- Twenty-Six, for 26 violinsOrchestral
- Twenty-Three, for 13 violins, 5 violas and 5 cellosOrchestral
- Two 3, 108 and 110, for sho, conch shell and orchestraOrchestral
- Two-3, for sho and conch shellChamber
- Two-4, for violin and pianoChamber
- Two2, for two pianosKeyboard
- Variations 2, for any number of players, any sounds produced by any means with or without other activitiesChamber
- Variations 4, for any number of players, any sounds produced by any means with or without other activitiesChamber
- Winter Music, for two pianosKeyboard