Original upload date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:01:12 GMT
A performance by William Marx of John Cage's 4'33.
Filmed at McCallum Theatre, Palm Desert, CA.
Composer John Adams wrote the following in The New York Times review of Mr. Cage's new biography, "The
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Zen of Silence" :
"John Cage....prodded us to reevaluate how we define not only music but the entire experience of encountering art."
Read the complete review of Kenneth Silverman's book:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/books/review/Adams-t.html?_r=1&ref=john_cage
To see reaction of the audience after the filming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8lXRusTpY4
