约翰·米尔顿·凯奇是二十世纪美国最有影响的作曲家和音乐理论家之一。他的先锋派音乐理论和音乐作品对二战后,尤其是对二十世圮中期美国的音乐、美术、舞蹈及文学产生过巨大的影响。约翰·米尔顿·凯奇于1912年9月5日出生在美国的洛杉矶。他从小学习钢琴12岁便开始在洛杉矶主持自己开办的广播节目。 John Milton Cage was one of the most influential composers and music theorists in the United States in the twentieth century. His avant-garde music theory and musical works had a tremendous impact on music, art, dance and literature in the United States after the Second World War, especially in the mid-twentieth century. John Milton Cage was born on September 5, 1912 in Los Angeles, the United States. When he was 12, he started to play his own radio program in Los Angeles.