Happy 109th Birthday John Cage

Today is the 109th birthday of the composer John Cage. On 1952, David Tudor sat down in front of a piano for four minutes and thirty-three seconds and did nothing. The piece 4’33” written by John Cage, is possibly the most famous and important piece in twentieth century avant-garde. 4’33” was a distillation of years of working with found sound, noise, and alternative instruments. In one short piece, Cage broke from the history of classical composition and proposed that the primary act of musical performance was not making music, but listening. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

Music:  Dream (1948)
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://waldina.com/2021/09/05/happy-109th-birthday-john-cage/

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