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Mike Leghorn asked:
>>I meant, if I'm watching, oh, let's say "ER", and I mute the sound, am I
>>listening to Cage?
David Runnion answers Mike:
>Of course not. Why do folks ask questions like that about this piece. It
>seems so uncomplicated to me. You're listening to Cage when you are at a
>concert and the program includes 4'33". That is when you are participating
>in his music, sitting respectfully and truly listening to the music of
>silence, or more accurately, the music that fills silence all by itself.
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>You can enjoy the silence of a muted ER but that's just you enjoying
>silence, it is not Cage.
I'm sorry. I still don't get it. Just because I'm physically
present at a concert performance of 4'33" doesn't necessarily mean I'm
participating and sitting respectfully and truely listening to the music
of silence. I might be daydreaming or fidgetting, like so many people do,
even at concerts with real music. While I'm sitting in front of the TV
and the sound is muted, I might be thinking or Beethoven's 3rd.
Mike
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