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On John Cage and 4'33" with composer, educator and new-music journalist Kyle Gann
On John Cage and 4'33" with composer, educator and new-music journalist Kyle Gann
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Apr 22, 2010
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Podcast episode
Description
Colin Marshall talks to musicologist, writer, microtonal composer and educator Kyle Gann, author of No Such Thing as Silence: John Cage’s 4′33″. The former new music critic at the Village Voice, Gann turns his eye and ear in the book to Cage’s most well-known composition, four minutes and 33 seconds in which no notes are played. Famous and infamous in equal measure, 4′33″ has been variously considered a work of genius, a game-changing musical revelation and a charlatan’s publicity stunt.
Released:
Apr 22, 2010
Format:
Podcast episode
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