Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Vitor Rua <>]

you are absolutly right dear mark... best regards... vitor rua


On 25 Oct 2011, at 23:07, Mark Kolmar wrote:

> All --
>
> I would call 0'00" a composition about compositions, words about  
> music, like a review of a style, or a plea for a kind of music made  
> after the pattern that the score describes. A lot of Fluxus, in  
> practice, ranges from poetry to advice. That is fine and useful.  
> Sometimes I feel that the discussion on these topics falls into  
> semantics as much as concepts.
>
> --Mark
>
> On 10/25/2011 1:40 PM, Rob Haskins wrote:
> > 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 
> > <
> > <mailto:>>
> >  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.