Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Eric Theise <>]

Cagean does seem the most familiar but giving it a hard look I agree with Tom, Cageian makes more sense. Out of context I might pronounce Cagean "Cajun".

And you know what they say: laissez rouler les temps déterminés par le hasard.

On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 11:45 AM Thomas Moore <> wrote:

Sara, interesting question. I think Cagean looks better and is what I use (and is what I see most often), but Cageian also makes sense — as in Cage-i-an (three obvious syllables).

Tom

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On Apr 5, 2021, at 2:40 PM, Paul Beaudoin <> wrote:

Cagean for me.  

On Mon, 5. Apr 2021 at 21:27, Sara Haefeli <> wrote:

Hello Silencers!

I need to decide on a standard spelling: Cagean or Cageian?  Oxford Music Online uses both spellings in about the same number of instances.

Thoughts?

Sara

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