On 7 Feb 2005 at 12:34, Phil Daley wrote: > 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).
Hah! He's more famous *outside* music, in visual arts, theater and dance, than he is in *music*. Not because of his music, but because of his esthetic theories. When he visited Oberlin while I was a student, his visit was actually sponsored by the dance department. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
