Christian Wolff

USA, 1950–now

American composer (b. 1934) of the New York School, who began composing as a teenager. His scores use cueing systems in which players respond to each other rather than to a fixed part; his later work draws on protest songs.

MusicRoots documents 1 artist who influenced Christian Wolff and 0 artists Christian Wolff influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Christian Wolff?

• John Cage — The teenage Wolff joined Cage's circle in 1950 — and gave Cage the I Ching from his father's publishing house, the book that changed Cage's music forever.