Christopher Menzel wrote:
>
> Nonetheless, you heard *the piece*. If there is a
> 2-bar rest in the
> > middle of the first movement of a symphony, say, you don't stop
> > hearing the symphony during the silence. Cage's piece pushes that
> > fact to the limit. (01)
Jay Halcomb wrote:
> Queries: When does one not hear the Cage piece? Does a deaf
> person hear the
> piece? Does a person in another city hear it? Someone
> asleep? How many
> times does one hear the piece during a lifetime? When does a
> performance of
> the piece begin and end? What is the sound of one hand clapping? (02)
I just looked at my watch for 4 min 33 sec. I did not hear John Cage
music. (03)
Two measures of rest in a symphony is an architectonic feature of the
symphonic movement. Case in point: Mahler, in the first movement of the
second symphony has a moment where no one plays. The composer's intent
was to let the hall play. There is a considerable reverberation apparent
(and for what it is worth, he had a certain hall in mind in Vienna. In
Wichita, the hall reverberates a quarter tone low). (04)
-- Jeff Schiffel (05)
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