john cage 4'33"

[imbetter]

thanks in advance

[Mozartian]

here, I'll hand copy it for you. You owe me your life after this.

4'33":

I
tacet
II
tacet
III
tacet

[imbetter]

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH MOZARTIAN

[jlh]

Here ya go:

4'33" (1952) : Tacet, any instrument or combination of instruments / John Cage.

Note: If performed by a pianist, the 3 sections are indicated by opening and closing the keyboard lid.

 "The title of this work is the total length in minutes and seconds of its performance...However, the work may...last any length of time."


I.
TACET

II.
TACET

III.
TACET

 

[ramseytheii]

Can I post this?

Walter Ramsey

[rach n bach]

Whoa!  =P


Thanks a million!   

[jakev2.0]

I bet Nicholas Cage would be better able to write a serious piece of music.

[prongated]

I bet Nicholas Cage would be better able to write a serious piece of music.

This music is apparently deemed serious enough such that the library of the University of New South Wales has, um, 3 copies of this magnificent work (i.e. more than pretty much anything else on shelf available for loan)

[counterpoint]

... and there are really no tempo markings?

[pianowolfi]

I thought this was copyrighted  

[mikey6]

I thought this was copyrighted  

Well if it is, I just broke the law....ooh, did it again.

[counterpoint]

I thought this was copyrighted  

Can silence be copyrighted? 

 

[mikey6]

Can silence be copyrighted? 

 

If you look at the score it does say copyrighted!

[rach n bach]

Where the respective worlds of Music and Law meet...

[quantum]

So I need to seek legal permission to open and close the fallboard three times in a row. 

[rach n bach]

Pretty much.

Assuming that your tempo is anywhere near Cage's... if your considerably off, I could make the argument that you were not plagarising his work, but simply preforming a parody of it. 

[mikey6]

Pretty much.

Assuming that your tempo is anywhere near Cage's... if your considerably off, I could make the argument that you were not plagarising his work, but simply preforming a parody of it. 

I think this is a serious ( ) debate - That movie composer did get sued by the Cage co. for including 55 secs of silence on his album.

[phil13]

I think this is a serious ( ) debate - That movie composer did get sued by the Cage co. for including 55 secs of silence on his album.

There was a similar lawsuit (which Cage co. won, I think) against a rock band that included a silent track (called "A One-Minute Silence") on one of their albums.

  Suing over, literally, nothing.

Phil

[jlh]

There was a similar lawsuit (which Cage co. won, I think) against a rock band that included a silent track (called "A One-Minute Silence") on one of their albums.

  Suing over, literally, nothing.

Phil

Sure enough... here's a link to the CNN article about this:

https://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/23/uk.silence/

The guy that was sued had this to say about the suit:

 “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.”

[pikko]

John Cage Year Lublin 2012

Lublin, Poland

01.01.2012 - 31.12.2012

John Cage Year Lublin 2012

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pianoplayjl]

John Cage Year Lublin 2012

Lublin, Poland

01.01.2012 - 31.12.2012

John Cage Year Lublin 2012

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nothing to celebrate really. Easiest music to memorize and clearly this is not music of genius. Not even CLOSE to remotely close to mediocre music.  I'd rather listen to atonal music than that crap.

JL

[point of grace]

i think john forgot to write the compass...

[49410enrique]

all i've got an is amateur transcription of this at least i think that's what it is, that or just a sheet of blank staff paper for use on theory homework.