[sdiy] Don't hit anybody where it hurts....

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interesting you mention Bruford... he was given co-authorship on a King Crimson's live improvisational piece "Trio" for not playing anything; Robert Fripp said that he "wisely contributed silence" or something like that.

was not around when 4'33" came out but i've studied enuf 20th century art music and know the drill quite well.  a former professor of mine told me that he performed it on several occasions and the most common thing he heard were the old ladies either coughing or slowly unwrapping their hard candies / throat lozenges...

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Grenader
To: harry; synth-DIY
Sent: 3/11/2002 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Don't hit anybody where it hurts....

on 3/11/02 2:33 PM, harry at harrybissell at prodigy.net wrote:

> Perhaps some oldsters remember John Cage's 4'33"  ???

Ah...4 33...know it well.  Although passed off by many as pretentious
nonsense, it did it's job: the 'rests' in music are as important as the
notes.  Try telling this to Bill Bruford or Scarlatti,  for that matter!

I have the score to this piece at home actually (no, i'm not being a
smart
ass here, there was a score).

- Peter (45 years young and counting)