Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Rob Haskins <>]

Sorry, I accidentally sent this only to wonderful Vitor:

With all due respect to Vitor, I would call 0'00" a composition. It's not conventionally musical, but its instructions (to perform a disciplined action at the highest level of amplification before feedback occurs) ensure that the piece is about the sounds produced. 

The concept of organized sound, for Cage, largely disappears once Cage embraces chance operations. For at this point, any continuity (read: organization) becomes acceptable (Lecture on Something). 

Sorry I can't write more on this at the moment.

Best,

Rob

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Jim Flannery <> wrote:

Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 11:08:00 AM, one wrote:

> if you create organized sound performing 0`00``you are performing it
> wrong !!!

So when Cage performed the piece, he was doing it wrong?

I think you've under-understood the score.

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