http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUJagb7hL0E
Some members of the faculty at my music school performed this once (a couple years before I actually went there-- one of my theory professors told me about this) where someone had slipped in playboy centrefolds into the score. LOL
Sure its a bit of a didactic piece, but one that was well worth doing, making one aware of the possibilities for what music can actually encompass (ALL sound).
It sort of reminds me of when I spent roughly a year attending Quaker meetings some years ago-- which is roughly one hour of silence-- no singing, no sermon, no praying, just roughly one hour of silence, listening. --though Cage's jumping off point was Zen, not Quakerism.
Great video, thanks for posting it.
--Bruce
Youre Welcome, Bruce.
That was the most boring performance of 4'33'' I've ever heard (or not heard, as the case may be). British audiences are way too polite ;D
Sarge
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on March 16, 2008, 01:28:59 PM
That was the most boring performance of 4'33'' I've ever heard (or not heard, as the case may be). British audiences are way too polite ;D
Sarge
The squirrel harmonic progressions, were a blast... ;D
I wanted to play 4'33" on my undergrad recital as my required 20th century work but was not allowed to. Bit of a double standard there on the part of the faculty.
Quote from: hornteacher on March 16, 2008, 04:20:12 PM
I wanted to play 4'33" on my undergrad recital as my required 20th century work but was not allowed to. Bit of a double standard there on the part of the faculty.
Its a good piece to 'perform' on your audition for Juilliard... ;D