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Originally Posted by SimenN
haha, cage did nothing, NOTHING? de he write silence? no, what is this to understand? i do perfectly understand, but i dont see this as composition, not even as art, nothing i see this a way to make money, and people follow and aplaud.
A baby could have done the cage thing? no problem, you need no talent NO composition skills nothing to tell the orchestra, be quiet for 4, 33 minutes.
Silence is not new, you hear it everytime at a concerto, just before the orchestra starts to play. I could play in the cage orchestra, i have never played violin before, but it dont look that hard? and that is sick, that is my "narrowmidned blinded " opinion
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The point is, you didn't.
You didn't THINK of it.
You didn't EXPRESS it philosophically.
Why don't you give it a rest?
What Cage did was a gesture, with a very deep and long thought out philosophical intent.
He HAS written music that is quite beautiful and lyrical. I know, I've performed some in the past. So the man DID have musical talent.
Your argument, and constant return on attacking this single work of musico-philosophical THOUGHT is getting annoying and is really pointless.
Did John Cage promote the idea that we should ALL be "writing" silence? No. He did it ONCE!!!! for crying out loud. It was a gesture, an event.
Unless you actually wish to discuss the philosophical implications of sound/silence in music, this thread is entirely pointless other than as "John Cage bashing".