Noboru Inoue ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >I am worrying.... may someone kindly help me.. > >I came to know the other day thru a book, it says 4:33 comes from minus 273 >degrees(absolute zero degree in temperature), i.e. 273 seconds = 4minute >and 33 seconds This is nonsense. The score does not specify how long the performance is to last, that is determined by chance methods IIRC. The first ever performance lasted 4:33 and the duration has stuck. Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]