Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Richard Friedman <>]

The interesting thing is that 75, 133, and 125 MHz are outside the US commercial FM band.

Also, (Wikipedia explains this best): " While all countries use FM channel center frequencies ending in 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, and 0.9 MHz, some countries also use center frequencies ending in 0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8 MHz. A few others also use 0.05, 0.15, 0.25, 0.35, 0.45, 0.55, 0.65, 0.75, 0.85, and 0.95 MHz."

Also: " In Europe and Africa (ITU region 1), it spans from 87.5 to 108.0 megahertz (MHz), while in America (ITU region 2) it goes only from 87.7 to 108.0 MHz. The FM broadcast band in Japan uses 76.0 to 90 MHz. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_broadcast_band

So the point is, no consumer FM radio would be able to tune to 75, 133, or 125 MHz. Special purpose or ham radio receivers would be required.

--Richard Friedman (AG6RF)

On 1/31/13 9:06 AM, Christopher Hobbs wrote:

Dear All,

I'm performing Water Music in March and I wondered whether anyone had any information regarding the radio frequencies Cage asks for; these are 102.5, 75, 88, 102, 133 and 125. Were these ever contained in one frequency band? And were they real stations or randomly selected numbers? Any news and views welcome.

All best,

Chris Hobbs

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