Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Matt Rogalsky <>]

OK, you pulled me in to make one more reply.

On 2011-10-25, at 4:01 PM, Vitor Rua wrote:

> oh pleaseeeeeee... not even einstein will think that this composition must 
> be performed... unless they perform on a warm whole or something...theres 
> no DURATION !!!!!

The title of this piece is not its duration. The score instructions make that 
clear.

>> think of some of the more abstract Fluxus era compositions by La Monte 
>> Young and others, for instance, which really are not really performable in 
>> a concert hall sense).
> 
> I have performed almost all the pieces 

But not all.. because some cannot be performed in a concert-hall sense.
Such as: "This piece is little whirlpools in the middle of the ocean" (that's 
from memory, please forgive if I am paraphrasing)

OK, bye! That's the end of my contribution to this discussion!

in friendship,
Matt R