Re: 4'33" by John Cage

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

On 28/03/2014 10:42, Rick Walker wrote:
> On 3/27/2014 6:44 PM, Loopers-Delight-d-request@loopers-delight.com wrote:
> > 0'00" by John Cage.
>
> Just for historical accuracy, I believe you are referring to the compostion, 
> 4'33" bt Cage.
>
>
> Many people, parenthetically,  don't understand what he was attempting in 
> that piece.

Yup, that's how I figure it

I heard that the score calls for opening windows and doors to increase the 
ambient
sounds filtering into the concert hall.
(not seen such a score however)

It's also true that Cage, ( in "Silence" iirc ) refers to it as his "silent 
piece".

Maybe he was pragmatic about how the piece caught on.

It's a real shame that a lot of Cage's beautiful music is lost to
the psuedo-intellectual smokescreen which he seems to
have done nothing to disperse.

For anyone unfamiliar, the prepared piano compositions are probably the 
best place to
start, kind of Eric Satie goes atonal percussion.
( I think they're a Rick fave too?)


andy