ce the ornamentation is of the ostinato, which is present for most part of the music. In describing the contour of the piece, it can be said that the contour is smooth but it doesn’t always remain smooth it gets spiky and unpredictable which makes it seem disjoint and broken up. Although some of these elements of music are relatively of a new concept there are conventional models present in the Sonata No 5 and by no means can it be said that it was a predictable or typical piece.John Cage has definitely revolutionized the way music is made and the way people listen to music today, but the fact is that if we did a review on John Cages popularity when he was inventing all this it would not be as high as that of, say Ricky Martin when he had his first album. A huge audience did not appreciate his music when he invented it, so therefore it was not very influential, but slowly the critics recognized it as a new kind of music. Usually it is the next or the newer generation who learns to love and appreciate such kind of art, this new style of music, but in the case of John Cage, his generation itself and also the later appreciated his music. It is because of John Cage and his new style of music that helped the newer generation to break free and claim their right to revolutionary music and new forms of music. Of course there have been others, but none to compare to John Cage’s innovations. Sonata No 5 is one such invention that had changed the way music could be performed. John Cage did not write or invent music just for some specific audience. He believed that people had to listen to their environment. He wanted music to be personal to each person. He wrote music for whoever wanted to here it. He is an Avant-garde and his motive was to bring new music and different kinds of sounds to our ears. John cage said "Experiment must necessarily be carried on by hitting anything -- tin pans, rice bowls, iron pipes -- anything we can lay o...
