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- What is the meaning of 4'33 by John Cage?
- How is John Cage 4 minutes and 33 seconds perform?
- Is John Cage's 4'33 music or not?
- What is the significance of 4 33?
What is the meaning of 4'33 by John Cage?
The title of the piece refers to the total length in minutes and seconds of a given performance, 4′33″ being the total length of the first public performance. ... The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians describes 4′33″ as Cage's "most famous and controversial creation".
How is John Cage 4 minutes and 33 seconds perform?
Seating himself at the piano he placed a score on the stand, set a stopwatch, closed the lid – and sat quietly for 33 seconds. Briefly opening then re-shutting the lid, he re-set the stopwatch and sat for two minutes 40 seconds, occasionally turning the score's pages.
Is John Cage's 4'33 music or not?
4′33″, musical composition by John Cage created in 1952 and first performed on August 29 of that year. It quickly became one of the most controversial musical works of the 20th century because it consisted of silence or, more precisely, ambient sound—what Cage called “the absence of intended sounds.”
What is the significance of 4 33?
In 2004 the BBC broadcast an orchestral version of 4′33″—which meant that the BBC Symphony Orchestra sat onstage for four and a half minutes without making sounds, and people listened to their silence in the hall and over the radio.
