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11. Re: Very quiet recordings

Subject: 11. Re: Very quiet recordings
From: "404" quies_still
Date: Wed Jun 6, 2012 8:50 pm ((PDT))
What I find the most fascinating about 4'33" is that it only worked that ve=
ry first time. it needs an audience that does not know what is (not) coming=
. every performance thereafter misses a key element.

On 07 Jun 2012, at 09:26, Bernie Krause wrote:

> ...and when Cage first performed 4'33" in New York, he insisted that
> the ushers throw open the doors to let in the sounds of the street
> outside of the hall.
>
> Bernie
>
> On Jun 6, 2012, at 3:54 PM, Avocet wrote:
>
> >> 'silence' as Cage used it was a musical term, related to the use of
> >> a space between gestures. It works in that sense but its interesting
> >> to note that Cage never meant it to mean 'silent' - it was just an
> >> instruction for the musicians or to frame a space.
> >
> > Jez,
> >
> > When the BBC first broadcast Cage's 4'33", they couldn't transmit
> > "silence", so they added a metronome ticking.
> >
> > David
> >
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> >
> >
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