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Post subject: 4' 33" by John Cage  Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:05 am |
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Any opinions on this? Because I think it is incredible!
In case you have no clue what I am talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUJagb7hL0E
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:22 am |
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That takes some serious maturity to pull off, I think. And it takes a mature audience to not just dismiss it as just a random act of theatrics. Personally I think it's amazing.
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:27 am |
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Yes, the audience seemed to be very involved. I wonder how this concert would sound in America as opposed to Britain? Interesting to think that different countries can produce different versions of the music they hear...
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:57 am |
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Rehearsing this piece must have been stressful. It must have taken hours to prepare... 
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:07 am |
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haha! I think this is the first time where the conductor needed the most rehearsal, watching that clock and all...
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:18 am |
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I wanna see someone do it on the field. 
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:53 am |
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Hostrauser wrote: I wanna see someone do it on the field. which hopefully also means....NO DUTTING YAY!
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Post subject: Re: 4' 33" by John Cage Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:28 pm |
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Post subject: Statement Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:26 pm |
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I recall reading once that upon hearing this work, Aaron Copland wrote (to paraphrase)
"One hopes to hear longer works of a similar nature by this composer in the future."
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:01 pm |
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Copland and Stravinsky both could be complete jerks when criticizing their fellow composers. That's not to say some of their comments weren't completely hilarious; like Copland's epic bash of Ralph Vaughan Williams...
"Listening to the Fifth Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for forty-five minutes."
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:21 pm |
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Hostrauser wrote: I wanna see someone do it on the field. It would drive the soundboard operator nuts if it needed to be amplified.
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Hostrauser wrote: I wanna see someone do it on the field. No one would get it.....unfortunately.
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Post subject: Re: 4' 33" by John Cage Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:29 pm |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:18 pm |
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What was that...
and to think i was actually going to watch the full 9 minutes without fast forwarding.
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:35 pm |
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personally i would be pissed if i paid to get into a concert and they played that, sure it interprets the sounds we hear around us as music, but i think its better left to just be studied and never perform, i think its a waste of time that could be filled with a series of better and more deserving musical selections
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