At 7:10 PM + 1/04/03, Colin Broom wrote:
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From: "Nick Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 6:44 PM
Subject: [Finale] 4'33"
I was listening to a quiz on BBC Radio recently
and one
>I was listening to a quiz on BBC Radio recently
>and one of the questions revolved around a composer
>using "silence" in a work and being sued by the Cage
>estate. Apparently he had to pay up - is that true?
>I'll try to find the link if anyone's interested.
>
>Nick
True, according to discussion
Robert Patterson wrote:
>> Although I'm no lawyer, I'm guessing that if such a suit ever
>> actually made it to trial, it would only have merit if the defendant
>> had somehow referenced the Cage piece either explicitly or
>> implicitly, effectively hijacking the Cage's notoriety.
Yes, In fact the
Nick Carter wrote:
using "silence" in a work and being sued by the Cage
estate.
More likely C.F. Peters. And I doubt anyone was sued: they were more
likely threatened with a suit, which is an entirely different matter,
although frequently equally (more?) effective from the pov of the
(potenti
- Original Message -
From: "Nick Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 6:44 PM
Subject: [Finale] 4'33"
> I was listening to a quiz on BBC Radio recently
> and one of the questions revolved around a co
>4'33" is not without sounds, it is without *intentional* sounds. The
>dance equivalent would be to mark off a "dance floor" in some public
>place, and then the dance would consist of the motions of all the
>people who happened to walk through that space
>.
>--
>Andrew Stiller
>Kallisti Music
