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To: EveningStar

Maybe it was this..."Cage's avant-garde oeuvre includes works such as the notorious "4'33", a piece comprising four minutes and 33 seconds of total silence, all meticulously notated."


11 posted on 01/06/2006 4:49:08 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

What about the composition where performers turn radios on and off and drop them on the floor?


32 posted on 01/06/2006 4:55:44 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: Borges; EveningStar
Maybe it was this..."Cage's avant-garde oeuvre includes works such as the notorious "4'33", a piece comprising four minutes and 33 seconds of total silence, all meticulously notated."

Oh man. I haven't left work yet and am trying hard to hold my laughter in. This is just too funny.

40 posted on 01/06/2006 4:58:52 PM PST by Wolfstar ("We must...all hang together or...we shall all hang separately." Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Borges
..."Cage's avant-garde oeuvre includes works such as the notorious "4'33", a piece comprising four minutes and 33 seconds of total silence, all meticulously notated."

Reminds me of the famous painting "Tundra":











Quality stuff.

128 posted on 01/06/2006 6:53:25 PM PST by AmishDude
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