John Cage 4'33"

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4′33″ (pronounced Four minutes, thirty-three seconds or, as the composer himself referred to it, Four, thirty-three) is a three-movement composition by American avant-garde composer John Cage (19121992). It was composed in 1952 for any instrument (or combination of instruments), and the score instructs the performer not to play the instrument during the entire duration of the piece throughout the 3 movements (The first 30 seconds, the second 2 minutes and 23 seconds and the third 1 minute and 40 seconds). Although commonly perceived as "four minutes thirty-three seconds of silence", the piece actually consists of the sounds of the environment that the listeners hear while it is performed. Over the years, 4′33″ became Cage's most famous and most controversial composition.
Conceived around 19471948, while the composer was working on Sonatas and Interludes, 4′33″ became for Cage the epitome of his idea that any sounds constitute, or may constitute, music. It was also a reflection of the influence of Zen Buddhism, which Cage studied since the late 1940s. In a 1982 interview, and on numerous other occasions, Cage stated that 4′33″ was, in his opinion, his most important work..

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• John Cage
• 4'33
• instrumental
• silence

[sydbarrett5]

General question (not intended as a criticism)... Why does everyone keep talking about the latest and lamest pop stars on here (and everywhere else?) Do you not realize that the more you talk about these artists (which are being forced-fed to us whether we like it or not) you are actually promoting their names and giving them greater exposure? I'm starting to think that the people who say "This is better than so and so" actually work for the PR teams that push this stuff on us in the first place

[ObsessedWivMuzik]

hahaha, i actually put my volume on the very highest it could go wondering why i couldn't hear anything...then an airplane flew over, wind blew...hahaha...and only then did i read this is meant to be silent :P don't think my intelligence is advanced enough to appreciate this...

[sydbarrett5]

@ObsessedWivMuzik I think you've already proven that your intelligence is advanced enough to appreciate this.

[Pianistrocker101]

Lol, its 4 minutes and 34 seconds long!

[sydbarrett5]

@Pianistrocker101 Yeah I noticed that too. It actually jumps from 4:32 to 4:34

[Critdizzle]

240p? Terrible sound quality.

[grevejp44]

Come on youtube, this is copyrighted material. You have to take down the audio :3

[RobbVonZeppelin]

Been trying to learn this piece for years. It's fucking hard though.

[tumour]

What a tune.

[Timblesink]

Shizune general

[DxvidXdmtv]

Beautiful

[MbFarah]

I know this song by heart.

[DekuSmed]

This is my ringtone :D

[br0nc096]

@CaliberVG It already is.

[esgnrjnjgu]

The music starts at 4:34 :p

[rgrannell1]

my ears hurt