At 2/7/2005 12:06 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote:
>> To those who assert that music is a purely cultural phenomenon, I >> would point out that this idea has been put to the test, quite >> rigorously, by John Cage, who insisted that any sounds or combination >> of sounds could be construed as music if one merely had the will to do >> so, and spent 40 years of his life composing music on precisely that >> principle. Was this music as successful (moving, exciting, attractive) >> as other musics? Could other music, composed on the same principle, be >> more successful? >> >> No, and no.
>DFenton's response:
>You have scientific proof that Cage was wrong?
The first question: "Was this (Cage's) music as successful (moving, exciting, attractive) as other musics?"
I don't see how anyone can argue a yes answer to this question. The "scientific proof" would be that pretty much no one has ever heard of him (outside of academic music people).
The second question: "Could other music, composed on the same principle, be more successful?"
I suppose "no" is a little hypothetical.
If the second question had been: "Has other music, composed on the same principle, been more successful?"
The answer would be "NO".
Phil Daley < AutoDesk > http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley
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