[Dixielandjazz] 4:33

[Steve barbone]

on 9/14/04 11:21 AM, Bill Gunter at jazzboard at hotmail.com wrote:

> Hi Steve and all . . ,.
> 
> You writ (regarding 4'33"):
> 
> ". . .   Cage was just picking up on that familiar lyric: 'I hear music when
> there's no one there.'"
> 
> No he wasn't.
> 
> 4'33" is the musical equivalent of "The Emperor's New Clothes."  Perhaps one
> day a wise little boy will witness a performance of Cage's monumental opus
> and exclaim, "He's not playing anything!" and the rest of the world will
> wonder at this innocent font of wisdom.

Hi Bill and List mates:

Maybe, maybe not. After all, it is not what you play, or don't play that
matters, except to the player. It is what your audience "hears". Easily
demonstrated by the divergent views on the same piece of music, or silence
from all of us in the DJML. :-) VBG

Perhaps this is the point Cage makes to some, though not to others? :-) VBG.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone