Post-War · Open Opus catalog

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