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- From: rsholmes@rodan.syr.EDU (Rich Holmes)
- Subject: Re: Wendy Carlos (was Re: Weird Al albums)
- Message-ID: <RSHOLMES.92Dec23103317@rodan.syr.EDU>
- In-reply-to: leveret@warren.demon.co.uk's message of Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:58:38 +0000
- Organization: Syracuse University
- References: <725007518snx@warren.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 10:48:38 EST
- Lines: 33
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- In article <725007518snx@warren.demon.co.uk> leveret@warren.demon.co.uk (Nick Leverton) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Dec21.211247.4367@news.cs.brandeis.edu> st923058@pip.cc.brandeis.edu writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec21.180324.22502@zip.eecs.umich.edu>, stame@emunix.emich.edu (Stewart Tame) writes:
- >>> -- Stewart "not to mention 4'33" " Tame
- >..
- >>And just what does the "not to mention 4'33"" refer to? (certainly not anything
- >>in the post)
- >
- >"Four minutes 33 seconds" is an, err, composition by John Cage which
- >consists of exactly that period of complete silence. A pianist enters
- >and sits down at the keyboard. 4'33" later he gets up and leaves. That's
- >it.
- >
- >Well, almost complete silence. I think there's supposed to be a ticking
- >clock.
- >
- >N.
-
- No. It's the Katana G-Clef, a juggler visible only in *plonk*
-
- ... Thanks, I needed that.
-
- (There's audience noise, too. Shuffling, coughing, whispers of "I
- don't get it." According to one description I've read, that's what
- Cage wants you to listen to. Probably why there aren't many studio
- recordings.)
-
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