John Cage - Prelude for Meditation

John Cage (1912 -- 1992) was an American composer. A pioneer of chance music, electronic music and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde and, in the opinion of many, the most influential American composer of the 20th century. A famous creation of Cage is the prepared piano (a piano with its sound altered by placing various objects in the strings), for which he wrote numerous dance-related works and a few concert pieces, the most well-known of which being Sonatas and Interludes.

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[funnyfacerful]

@MrBubbaloo

he is not trying to say anything

that is not the purpose of music

the best explaination i can offer is if you find a work of art beautiful

if it awakens some kind of feeling in you

if you feel it encapsulate you, and you want to exist in it

then it is good

there is no formula for calculating greatness in art

(nor do we need one - it would only serve to amuse the psuedo intellectual)

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[S3bz3r0]

never heard of John Cage, and i've never heard so much random chord progressions, i always expect a different note, I love how he plays the notes.

[LoveIndigo678]

It sounds like wind chimes moving in the breeze.

[EmilyMaddenComposer]

great :)

[broadpath]

@FeoI0 Give it some time, you will.

[bobbybobsta]

I put a lot of thoght into this comment.

[TheGoier]

Chopin=Standard piano genius,

cage= Preparad piano genius

[funnyfacerful]

@tipsband04 Barely, but using a more convoluted example does not make it MORE sensical! It is more or less, the same point you made in your previous comment and which i have already refuted.

 Perhaps John himself can explain it too you.

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[tipsband04]

@funnyfacerful So, for example if a Christian who believes man is not a robot because he is made in the image of God were to create this kind of music- it would utterly oppose the basis for which he believes this world and mankind was founded. With this in mind- this music as with all forms of human communication is making a statement about the world- statements which are the ANTITHESIS of others. Does that make sense?

[tipsband04]

@funnyfacerful I have sympathy with you. I'm also a musician. I think John Cage's music is brilliant with consistency in its purpose to be ever-purposeless- it's statement that makes no statement. But I as a rational non-robot human being recognize that this music is based on a particular worldview known as materialism- a world found on chance and thus music founded on chance. So this kind of music is making a statement about who we are, namely that we are actually impersonal robots.

[funnyfacerful]

@tipsband04 @tipsband04 @tipsband04 I am a musician.

And i am not always trying to make a statement.

... well that was easy to refute.

It is not a concept he is trying to communicate -

but a feeling.

Your comment is a fine exemplification of the pseudo intellectual approach to music.

I hope you find it sufficiently amusing.

I on the other hand, find it exeedingly beautiful.