I ’d wish to buss whoever at Apple decided to do this : today ’s free iTunes “ discovery download ” is the first movement of avant - garde composerJohn Cage‘s 4’33 ” , which is to say , it ’s 1:46 of nothing .
More performance fine art / zen seance than actual music , 4’33 ” is intend to emphasize those critical moments of idle words in euphony by being write of only that wind . The piece becomes whatever scope sounds are present during a performance , making it belike the truest expression of Cage ’s “ everything is music ” milieu .
And if you think downloading the piece from iTunes is more on the cockeyed side , check out this live operation , complete with full orchestra ( turning clean pages ) and audience . After each movement , the cough , the cough . Great stuff .
And this , clearly , is a carrying into action John Cage would never have conceived of when he created the spell in the 1950s , but one he would love very , very much , I cogitate :
Whether Cage would be happy he was made the butt of what come out to be an April Fool ’s Day joke though is another thing . [ iTunesviaMacUser ]
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