Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[David Bellows <>]

Because it's all a jumbled mess of vowels, I sometimes use Cage-an,
but I don't know if I've ever seen anyone else do the same.

Dave

On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 11:52 AM Eric Theise <> wrote:
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> 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:
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>> 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:
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>> Cagean for me.
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>> 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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