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Hundreds assemble as John Cage piece changes chord for the first time in 7 years
UPI ^
| 09/05/2020
| Christen McCurdy
Posted on 09/07/2020 8:25:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Hundreds of people flocked to a German church Saturday to hear an organ change chords for the first time in nearly seven years.
The experimental piece, which consists of eight pages of music meant to be played very slowly, is intended to last for an entirety of 639 years -- meaning it will end in 2640 if all goes according to plan.
The organ had been playing the same chord for six years and 11 months before Saturday's chord change
Best known for a composition called 4'33" -- which is just four minutes and 33 seconds of silence -- Cage wrote Organ/ASLSP in the 1980s.
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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: chordchange; johncage; sevenyears
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posted on
09/07/2020 8:25:03 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Best known for a composition called 4'33" -- which is just four minutes and 33 seconds of silence -- Cage wrote Organ/ASLSP in the 1980s. World's laziest composer.
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posted on
09/07/2020 8:26:14 PM PDT
by
DouglasKC
To: BenLurkin
And I thought Genesis’ “Suppers Ready” was a long song.
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posted on
09/07/2020 8:26:33 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/07/2020 8:26:41 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
I saw a Cage performance back around 1973 in Ann Arbor. Damned if I can recall any of it.
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posted on
09/07/2020 8:27:08 PM PDT
by
Chengdu54
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/07/2020 8:27:26 PM PDT
by
coloradan
(The Enemy Media isn't chartered to inform but rather to advance the interests of certain elites.)
To: BenLurkin
He was a half-note late... I thought these people were professional musicians!
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posted on
09/07/2020 8:28:37 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: BenLurkin
In the Year 2640, I hope no one will be tempted to yell, “One more time!”
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/07/2020 8:30:33 PM PDT
by
Sparticus
(Primary the Tuesday group!)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/07/2020 8:31:50 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/07/2020 8:33:10 PM PDT
by
seawolf101
(Member LES DEPLORABLES)
To: DouglasKC
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posted on
09/07/2020 8:33:12 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
"A compressor in the basement creates energy to blow air into the organ to create a continuous sound. When a chord change happens, it's done manually. On Saturday, soprano singer Johanna Vargas and organist Julian Lembke changed the chord."
To: Chengdu54
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posted on
09/07/2020 8:35:29 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
The experimental piece, which consists of eight pages of music meant to be played very slowly,Sounds like doom metal to me.
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posted on
09/07/2020 8:37:23 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
To: BenLurkin
Sheesh...even Biden comes out from his basement more quickly.
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posted on
09/07/2020 8:38:16 PM PDT
by
DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
To: BenLurkin
The musical equivalent of taping a banana to the wall.
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posted on
09/07/2020 8:41:31 PM PDT
by
I-ambush
(Got arrested for inciting a peaceful riot)
To: seawolf101
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posted on
09/07/2020 8:41:52 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
They changed the chord.
Was it flat?
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posted on
09/07/2020 8:43:06 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: BradyLS
They changed the chord. Was it flat?Underrated.
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posted on
09/07/2020 8:43:41 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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