SimenN:
Don't be so quick to dismiss something you don't understand. You ridicule something solely because it's foreign to you. Take off the blinders and try and open your mind a little bit.
Expand your definition of 'composition'. Cage 'composed' a truly unique concept with 4'33", and (as Daniel mentioned) the philosophical implications are profound. With many of these 'avant-garde' performance pieces, each performance becomes in and of itself a unique and special moment in time - musical or otherwise. It's all about creating something to be experienced and witnessed.
Dig: La Monte Young's
Piano Piece for David Tudor #1
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Bring a bale of hay and a bucket of water onto the stage for the piano to eat and drink. The performer may then feed the piano or leave it to eat by itself. If the former, the piece is over after the piano has been fed. If the latter, it is over after the piano eats or decides not to. (October 1960)
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