John Cage Silence, Wesleyan University Press: Hanover, NH, 1961 (1973), 276 pp., 1992, 1982, 1978, 1949, 1912
"John Cage [1912-1992] was born in Los Angeles in 1912. He was recognized by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for having extended the boundaries of music in 1949. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1978. In 1982, France awarded him its highest honor, Commandeur de l'Order des Arts et des Lettres."