When I played 4'33 last year, I did an internet search on the piece
and found all sorts of stuff. There's an interesting article by
Larry J. Solomon at http://www.azstarnet.com/~solo/4min33se.htm
Here's a short quote from it:
Liberties are sometimes taken with the music, from performing it as
on 12/26/02 9:17 PM, Harold Owen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can see it now - the dancers come out and stand there for 4' 33.
as i understand it, cage conceived of that piece based on a study that
measured the average attention span to be...you guessed it...4 minutes and
33 seconds. the
At 10:29 AM -0600 12/27/02, rolin mains wrote:
on 12/26/02 9:17 PM, Harold Owen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can see it now - the dancers come out and stand there for 4' 33.
as i understand it, cage conceived of that piece based on a study that
measured the average attention span to
as i understand it, cage conceived of that piece based on a study that
measured the average attention span to be...you guessed it...4 minutes and
33 seconds. the idea is that early on in the piece the audience would be
enthralled by the idea and as time wears on (about 4 and a half minutes)
they
When I played 4'33 last year, I did an internet search on the piece
and found all sorts of stuff. There's an interesting article by Larry
J. Solomon at http://www.azstarnet.com/~solo/4min33se.htm
Here's a short quote from it:
Liberties are sometimes taken with the music, from performing it as
a friend recently brought up an interesting point: as far as he knew,
no staging of 4'33 has ever been produced in the realm of dance or
theatre.
jef
Piece of cake. But remember, if you use Cage's composition, you have to
pay performance royalties.
John
John Susie Howell
Virginia Tech
a friend recently brought up an interesting point: as far as he knew,
no staging of 4'33 has ever been produced in the realm of dance or
theatre.
all of the discussions i have witnessed of this work took place in a
musical context, consisting predominantly of arguments regarding the
[non-]
a friend recently brought up an interesting point: as far as he
knew, no staging of 4'33 has ever been produced in the realm of
dance or theatre.
all of the discussions i have witnessed of this work took place in a
musical context, consisting predominantly of arguments regarding the
[non-]
