[Smt-talk] John Cage

[Olli Väisälä]

CARSON FARLEY kirjoitti 8.5.2014 kello 4.48:
> As a composer interested in new directions in composition, John  
> Cage is an important influence for two reasons - he introduced  
> micro-tonality into the language of Western music with his prepared  
> piano works [snip]
>

???

Didn't composers like Juan Carillo, Alois Haba and Ivan  
Wyschnegradsky write microtonal works much before Cage (and, as far  
as I know, before Partch, whom Farley also mentions)?

Or do I misunderstand the English meaning of "introduce"?

Olli Väisälä
ovaisala at siba.fi
Sibelius Academy
University of the Arts, Helsinki

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