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Miyabi:

--- Quote from: sortitus on March 12, 2010, 06:21:32 AM ---IMO, Cage wasn't doing nothing. What 4'33 does when played in a formal concert is force the audience to listen to the sounds that they normally ignore, which is what sets it apart from other "art of nothing" pieces. He didn't have silence in mind, but the sounds that would be heard when it was played.

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Exactly what I was thinking.  The thought of taking people who go to a symphony and making them listen to things they would never pay attention to is remarkable. . . at least I think so.

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