Don C. Gillespie

'In 1950-51 John Cage composed seven Haiku for piano. The manuscripts are extremely sketchy but can be deciphered, with only a few minor rhythmic details open to speculation. In contrast to the famili...

Mills College was one of the first liberal arts colleges to offer a modern dance degree, beginning in 1941. Cage served as accompanist and taught music in the dance department where he wrote this work...