John Cage

John Cage is a contemporary composer who has used I Ching to creat his own music. For example Cage has set up a 15 rocks from different parts of the earth, places that he has been and he has like five brushes. He would use I Ching to determine which rock to use and which paint brush to use, which hand to hold the brush in, and or where to set the brush relating to the rock.
John Cage was a composer for the Merce Cunningham dance company since 1943. His music is very abstact because he has done a piece where a person sits in the middle of the stage and the whole piece is about the sounds made in the audience. Some of his other pieces are using certain instruments together like drums and a piano, the drums have a certain beat like 4/4 time and the piano will play notes once every 16 counts. I'm sure he has used chance to also determine how often to play a certain instrument and what kind of mood he wants. The only thing that lets go to spontaneity is the personality.