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John Cage turns 100!

Started by Syt, September 05, 2012, 12:52:54 AM

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Syt

John Cage, American composer and beloved Mortal Kombat character would turn 100 today.




In celebration here's his famous piece 4'33". Originally composed for piano, the BBC bring us the fully orchestrated version of the classic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUJagb7hL0E
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

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Jaron

That PISSED me off. It took me about 4'32 to figure it out. <_<
Winner of THE grumbler point.