A campaign has been launched on Facebook to make the John Cage composition 4'33", which consists of 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence, the top UK Christmas hit this year
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Re: Silence is Golden
Too atonal for my tastes.
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Tempo is pretty boring, too!
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You young cats don't know what you're missing. At the touch of a button, I can mute both of my hearing aids. Silence is truly wonderful.HansV wrote:A campaign has been launched on Facebook to make the John Cage composition 4'33", which consists of 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence, the top UK Christmas hit this year
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It should of course accompany another of John Cage's work entitled As Slow as Possible
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Even more bizarrely, back in 2002 Mike Batt paid a six-figure sum to settle a dispute over who owns the copyright.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/2276621.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
There is a Facebook page (shudder) dedicated to silent music
- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Silent-Mu ... 1085266688" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/2728595.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Even more bizarrely, back in 2002 Mike Batt paid a six-figure sum to settle a dispute over who owns the copyright.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/2276621.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
There is a Facebook page (shudder) dedicated to silent music
- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Silent-Mu ... 1085266688" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Don't mock till you've tried it.
If you had ever been to a performance of this piece you would appreciate that a concert hall is NEVER silent. Every performance is different, as you listen to the tiny noises that permeate the space. The tension is incredible.
If you had ever been to a performance of this piece you would appreciate that a concert hall is NEVER silent. Every performance is different, as you listen to the tiny noises that permeate the space. The tension is incredible.
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Is this piece written for full orchestra or a solo instrument? If the latter, which instrument? If the former has anyone every arranged just the melody for a solo instrument?
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If you search YouTube, you will find arrangements for solo piano as well as for a full symphony orchestra. No doubt a skillful arranger could adapt the piece for other instruments or ensembles.
(I won't post links because many of the YouTube pages contain questionable comments - browse at your own risk)
(I won't post links because many of the YouTube pages contain questionable comments - browse at your own risk)
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HansV wrote:If you search YouTube, you will find arrangements for solo piano as well as for a full symphony orchestra
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John Cage's silent composition didn't make it - the X Factor has won: X Factor Beats Cage Against The Machine - 20 Dec 2010.
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