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John Cage recital set to last 639 years recently witnessed a chord change

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218 points pseudolus | 4 comments | 31 Mar 25 15:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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gweinberg ◴[03 Apr 25 16:15 UTC] No.43571891[source]▶
It doesn't make sense to me that the piece should start with a 17 month rest. Surely it doesn't really start until the first note is played?
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1. tokai ◴[03 Apr 25 17:22 UTC] No.43572794[source]▶
Check out his other work 4'33". It's an even more extreme try at silence as music.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3

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3. goldchainposse ◴[03 Apr 25 20:51 UTC] No.43575224[source]▶
It looks like this is his gimmick.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3#/media/F...

Haters gonna hate, but there's not much more to his work than using extreme pauses and tempos as art. Maybe it's meta art.

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4. vixen99 ◴[04 Apr 25 05:59 UTC] No.43578796[source]▶
It certainly got him attention.