Gordon Henshaw ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>I do have a question about the audience when this work is performed.  I was
>almost in a state of giggles during the performance.  Most of the audience
>sat in reverential silence.  It is something of a challenge to know what is
>the correct concert etiquette to adopt during performances of this piece.
>Any help?

You could try reading Cage himself on the subject.  His aim in 4:33 was to
make people listen to the sounds around them; his thesis was that music is
all around us, but we don't listen to it.

Deryk Barker
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