At 8:37 AM -0400 4/2/06, Phil Daley wrote:

But, if an entire piece is improvisation, it is not music, it is performance art.

Oh darn, there goes Cage and everything aleatoric. And all good dixieland bands. And here they thought they were playing music! (Who knows what Cage thought!)

I thought performance art was getting naked and covering yourself with chocolate.

John


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