John G. Deacon wrote:

>What was always an outrage with this piece, I thought, was that John Cage
>claimed copyright on it when it was "performed".  And would a performance
>of 4' 35" constitute a breach of copyright?

This raises a question I hadn't considered:  How does one know when 4'33
is over?

Seriously, is there some direction for how to end it? Perhaps with an
"inauthentic cadence?"

Ed