Dead Territory covers 4'33". Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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On the Bang on a Can All-Stars' new album, Field Recordings, composers riff on a range of recorded sounds. Peter Serling/Bang on a Can hide caption
Songs We Love: Bang On A Can, 'An Open Cage'
John Cage during his 1966 concert at the opening of the National Arts Foundation in Washington, D.C. Rowland Scherman/Getty Images hide caption
John Cage in The Hague, Netherlands, 1988 Paul Bergen/Courtesy of Redferns hide caption
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is facing budget battles, and the shame of being silenced while backing a pop group. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra hide caption
Violist Nicholas Cords likes his Japanese soba noodles on the quiet side. iStock hide caption
Dmitri Shostakovich topped our informal "who's the most badass composer" poll. Roger Rosing/Wikimedia/Deutshe Fotothek hide caption
Makoto Nomura's 'Oi Asitawa,' which relies on the performers to co-compose and notate their music. courtesy of Mark Batty Publisher hide caption
Stare at this, think of mistletoe, and count to 273. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky. courtesy of the artist hide caption
Daniel Bjarnason, from Iceland, is among a new crop of young composers equally conversant in classical and popular music. Bedroom Community Records hide caption
John Cage. Erich Auerbach/Getty Images hide caption