Klarinet Archive - Posting 000628.txt from 2001/09

From: "Tony Wakefield" <tony-wakefield@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Silence is Golden
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 23:21:29 -0400

His organ music didn`t begin with 16 months of silence. There
were services every week in that very church, interrupting and destroying
Cage`s silences, which included hymns, psalms,
anthems, organ voluntaries, prayers, chants, responses, and the occasional
cantata and oratorio I shouldn`t wonder. Not to mention the occasional
symphony concert also. All written by composers who spent just a little of
their time putting pen to paper.
Enough said? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
T.W.

----- Original Message -----
From: "agalper" <agalper@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] Silence is Golden

> Silence is Golden
>
> The performance of an organ work by US composer John Cage that is meant
> to last 639 years, began in a German church with 16 months of silence.
> The first three notes won't be played until January 5, 2003.
>
> 639 years? Who can wait that long?

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