Re: The Sound Of Silence

["Matthieu Crocq" matthieucrocq]

You can get it performed by a whole orchestra here
(but, sadly, without any raccoon):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DhUJagb7hL0E


>I heard David Tudor perform 4'33" at Ravinia Festival outside Chicago
>in about 1978. A raccoon wandered onto the stage.
>
>
>>On 5 Jan 2009, at 22:26, escalation746 wrote:
>>
>>> > I could think of a many things I would rather
>>> > do in 4' 33" myself :-))
>>>
>>> There are few better uses of the time. The realisation that silence
>>> does not exist is perhaps the single most important revelation for any
>>> contemporary composer, sound artist or sound engineer.
>>
>>I can't think of a more apt use of time for anyone on this list.