John Cage - 4'33" (BBC)

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Uploaded by on Oct 1, 2010

John Cage's most famous musical composition is called 4'33". Will it be number 1 on christmas this year?

It consists of the pianist going to the piano, and not hitting any keys for four minutes and thirty-three seconds. (He uses a stopwatch to time this.) In other words, the entire piece consists of silences -- silences of different lengths, they say.

(c) John Cage

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  • still better than bieber

  • The orchestration is too lush. I prefer the original piano version...

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  • patience test

  • Where is the drop?

  • slut

  • The fuck am I watching?

  • whut

  • Many sarcastic commentaries, I still believe in Humanity...

  • The dubstep remix of this is OKAY.

  • Se não fosse as tosses da platéia seria muito melhor e mais emotivo !

  • I love how the orchestra sounded. Very dramatic.

  • They lacked a bit of synchronization and a couple of instruments sounded flat, but overall, it was truly an amazing composition. I'm pretty sure this was inspired from what Beethoven used to hear.

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