well, sorry to disagree (& those who know me know i'm no Cage obsessive) but
that wasn't the intention behind the piece & in fact it was fully explained in
the programme notes of the first performances. Cage went on record to say it
was (as with conventional notes played) the quality of the sound that he was
concerned with & that 4'33 would develop with each performance.
--- In 404 <> wrote:
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> What I find the most fascinating about 4'33" is that it only worked that very
> 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:
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> > ...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:
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> > >> '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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