$4.40 for the 4'33"?

[pianohopper]

Hey guys -- sheetmusicplus.com is having their annual CF Peters sale, and look what I found up on their sight ----- the sheet music for:

http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/store/smp_detail.html?cart=33507409518148516&type=rec&item=1008430

the John Cage 4'33".... now, who would pay for the sheets to that?  I could sight read it.  Hell, I could play it by ear!

[crazy for ivan moravec]

it's hilarious... but it is also something to ponder upon. wow.

[pita bread]

Haha, the anti-Sorabji.

[mikey6]

It's copyrighted!!!!!!
..........whoops, I just broke the law!

Speaking of ridiculous prices for things - they want $40 for the Bartok sonata - 15 or so pages!

[pita bread]

Where do you buy from?

[mikey6]

There's 2 main sheet music stores - that's AU$40.  For some reason, the edition is freeking expensive.

[cosine]

Awesome! Thanks for giving a heads up on the deal. I think I'll have to get that.













(I jest, I jest. Don't hurt yourself by jumping too quickly on a newbie to explain the piece.    I will say though that I learned this piece quicker than any other.  )

[invictus]

Mwahahaha, i am probably the best pianist in the world

I play this piece in 3'23"

and I learnt it in 4'00"

[debussy symbolism]

Greetings.

This piece might be a prelude to the Vexations by Erik Satie. Perhaps some similar concepts.

[donjuan]

the best part is the side panel that says

 "People who bought
John Cage: 4' 33"
also bought: (etc etc)"

[will]

It's copyrighted!!!!!!

My dear lord it is copyrighted! I did some googling and found that a fellow by the name of Mike Batt was sued for including a track of 1 minutes silence on a CD. Look at http://www.mfiles.co.uk/composers/Mike-Batt.htm and
http://www.brandnamebullies.com/excerpts.html

Batt said "My silence is original silence, not a quotation from his silence. Mine is a much better silent piece. I have been able to say in one minute what Cage could only say in four minutes and 33 seconds."

The case was settled outside of court and Batt donated a six figure sum to charity.

[perfect_pitch]

Which sounds dumb as many composers had little seconds of silence in their songs... so technically the composers should claim copyright....

Any of you looking for a laugh should also see this....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/highlights/010911_cage.shtml

I declare John Cage an idiot... someone who shouldn't get a single cent for copyrighting silence.

[crazy for ivan moravec]

Any of you looking for a laugh should also see this....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/highlights/010911_cage.shtml

ASLSP can't be performed that way. if they want, the first chord should be held for a year before playing the next chord, which requires another year to hold on  to that chord. or else there will be unwanted and really long rests in between chords/notes.

haha, just thought i'd comment on this.

[prometheus]

ASLSP is being played right now, and the next 500 years or so. Lets hope the world ends before it finishes. What a total waste of an organ. I hope the people of Halberstadt claim back their organ before the world ends.

Yes, this just shows how stupid copyrighting is and like the article says, it is probably a stupid marketing stunt for both parties to get even more cash while doing nothing.

I don't know if John Cage is an idiot but he never did anything for music and he does have an idiotic quote about Schoenberg.

John Cage is a fake rebel, that's quite pretentious.