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- From: leveret@warren.demon.co.uk (Nick Leverton)
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- Subject: Re: Wendy Carlos (was Re: Weird Al albums)
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 23:58:38 +0000
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- In article <1992Dec21.211247.4367@news.cs.brandeis.edu> st923058@pip.cc.brandeis.edu writes:
- >In article <1992Dec21.180324.22502@zip.eecs.umich.edu>, stame@emunix.emich.edu (Stewart Tame) writes:
- >> -- Stewart "not to mention 4'33" " Tame
- ..
- >And just what does the "not to mention 4'33"" refer to? (certainly not anything
- >in the post)
-
- "Four minutes 33 seconds" is an, err, composition by John Cage which
- consists of exactly that period of complete silence. A pianist enters
- and sits down at the keyboard. 4'33" later he gets up and leaves. That's
- it.
-
- Well, almost complete silence. I think there's supposed to be a ticking
- clock.
-
- N.
-