[lit-ideas] Re: Silence
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 22:00:42 +0000 (GMT)
--- On Thu, 6/5/10, Paul Stone <pastone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I'm questioning why a "musician" would do what Cage did if not JUST to be
>impudent and condescending and just plain stupid, and why indeed Gann has done
>what he has. I mean, what the HELL could he be talking about for TWO >HUNDRED
>AND SEVENTY TWO PAGES that deals with 4'33" of silence?
Perhaps Cage realised that, despite everything, it would still always be the
most musical of all his compositions; and it isn't to be assumed those 272
pages are any less blank than Buster Keaton's mien?
Dnl
Not on the pavement
Not thinking about the government
Ldn
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