On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 4:42 AM, William Conger <[email protected]>wrote:
> ...may be the case that the ambient sounds are indeed the loudest in Cage's > performance of 4'33" it does not follow that the word loudest also embodies > aesthetic value. > The following essay on Cage's 4'33" may be of interest: - Perhaps Cage is telling us that we've arrived at a point where everything should be possible, that it is now up to each of us to select and enjoy whatever elements of our world are the most meaningful, that concerts can't erect a barrier between art and the outside world, and that music shouldn't be an escape from reality but a rekindling of our partnership with nature and a tribute to the multifaceted genius of mankind." http://www.classicalnotes.net/classics/silence.html
