Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/16
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Michael Bell wrote:
> Jeremy Kime <jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk> writes:
> >* Cage's most famous musical composition is entitled 4'33''. It is played at
> >the piano and is divided into three movements. All of the notes are silent.
>
> It should be noted that a performer of John Cage's 4'33" is to not
> play anything, as opposed to playing "silent notes." There's a
> difference. Cage believed there was no such thing as absolute
> silence. The point of 4'33" is that the environment, whatever that
> may be, provides the music for the piece.
Hi!
Yeah, it was kind of a zen/existental thing, never made the charts... :-0
Cheers,
Rich Lahrson
tripspud@wenet.net