[silence] John's Birthday

[Cornelius Dufallo]

Dear Joe,

Thank you for asking these questions. I agree with you
completely.

Best,

Cornelius

--- Joe Galvan <philomel2003@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Silencers:
> 
> I'm sure all of you know that John's birthday was
> this week, and I hope all
> of you remembered him and his accomplishments on his
> special day. I taught
> class on that day (I teach Music Appreciation), and
> challenged my students
> to listen to a Cage piece, or practice *4'33" *once.
> 
> I saw the controversial performance of 4'33" done at
> the Barbican a few
> years back last night on YouTube, and I was
> surprised at the level
> of animosity people had towards the piece. I recall
> telling a professor who
> I didn't see eye-to-eye with telling me that people
> "were crazy" to listen
> to Cage's piece, and that he didn't see the reason
> why Cage "made a fool of
> himself" in composing it.
> 
> I have never understood why most of the conventional
> scene can't grasp some
> of John's ideas--they don't seem too hard to grasp,
> in fact, things like
> 4'33 are so easy to see. I'm surprised that we
> haven't built a memorial to
> Cage, or have had him petitioned to be honored
> posthumously for his
> acheivements. I think it would be nice if he were
> finally given national
> recognition for what he has contributed to American
> musicial culture and the
> life of music in general.
> 
> Thoughts, anyone?
> > 
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