Bernard Chasan <[log in to unmask]> writes:

>It seems to me that there is an interesting philosophical question to be
>considered here.  If 4'33" is played in an isolated clearing in the
>woods, so that no listeners are present, will it still make no sound?

But yes!  It will asssuredly make the sound of a genuine pastorale:
birds chirping, bees humming, trees rustling, crocodiles chomping....

Denis Fodor