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As slow as possible

Daniel Palmer

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I was perusing the internet the other day and came across this site.

The piece "As slow as possible" by John Cage is being performed on a specially adapted pipe organ, for a length of 639 years! Apparently the change-of chord days are an attraction.


Daniel
 

Krummhorn

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Interesting ... the last note change was in 2006 ... wonder when the next change occurs. At least this 'work' will carry John Cage's name well into the future centuries.

One thing for sure, none of us present today will ever witness this piece ending ... lol
 

Corno Dolce

Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Gee, I wonder what chord the piece will end on - a prosaic C-major chord or an augmented 13th chord in F-sharp major?:grin::grin::grin::cool::cool::cool:
 

NEB

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sounds to me like you could ver yquickly lose interest in such a stunt!
 

Corno Dolce

Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
John Cage reposed last year - I doubt if he will be able to work for Guiness Book of World Records.
 

NEB

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It's more like an art 'installation' isn't it. And I never did get the point of those either.
 

NEB

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We do go through some really strange trends don't we, and there never seems to be anyone around to sound the wakeup call. society is too busy fawning all over the latest fad so as not to look stupid. - A bit like the king's wonderful new suit of clothes....?
 

Daniel Palmer

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I remember hearing of one of these art "installations" which was a pile of rubbish (literally). The cleaners accidentally threw it away - the best place for it, some might argue!

Daniel
 

TimR

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I went to that church and heard a little bit of it, it's actually quite interesting. Trying to "hear" the overall work is not the point. A good book to peruse is "Silence", written by Cage.
 

NEB

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probably about as interesting as watching paint dry - mild curio perhaps but no more than a fleeting curiosity at best.
 

NEB

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actually I thoguht the stunt he pulled where he had two audiences divided by the curtains, and then opened the curtains so that the audiences were just left looking at eachother was an absolute hoot.

You never really get to look at an audience in that way unless you happen to be on the stage. Or 4 mins 35 or what ever it was of complete silence and not a note played and just the sound of the audience clearing their throats and shuffling uneasily in their seats etc.

Crazy man indeed, but he did have a few good points to make...
 
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