David Runnion ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Kevin Sutton wrote:
>
>>Unless I have it all wrong, the "music" in this work is the naturally
>>occuring sounds that one overlooks when not concentrating on keeping
>>silent.  Therefore, whatever happens while the performance is going on,
>>is a valid part of the "music".
>
>Exactly! Sounds like the only one in that audience who contributed was
>the guy clapping!

So you think that, apart from his clapping, there was total silence? You
are *exactly(the sort of person whose ears Cage was trying to open.

>Anything goes in that piece, the more the better.

Sorry, this is fundamentally to misunderstand the composer's intentions.

Deryk Barker
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