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    John Cage's 4'33" composition, known as the "silent piece", consists of a pianist sitting motionless at the piano for four minutes and thirty-three seconds. During its first performance, the sounds of the environment, such as the movement of trees, raindrops on the roof, and muttering audience members became the music. The piece demonstrates that there is music in everything, even silence, and helped convey Cage's idea that everyday noises can be considered music when presented in an intentional, patterned way.

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    John Cage's 4'33" composition, known as the "silent piece", consists of a pianist sitting motionless at the piano for four minutes and thirty-three seconds. During its first performance, the sounds of the environment, such as the movement of trees, raindrops on the roof, and muttering audience members became the music. The piece demonstrates that there is music in everything, even silence, and helped convey Cage's idea that everyday noises can be considered music when presented in an intentional, patterned way.

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    John Cage's 4'33" composition, known as the "silent piece", consists of a pianist sitting motionless at the piano for four minutes and thirty-three seconds. During its first performance, the sounds of the environment, such as the movement of trees, raindrops on the roof, and muttering audience members became the music. The piece demonstrates that there is music in everything, even silence, and helped convey Cage's idea that everyday noises can be considered music when presented in an intentional, patterned way.

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    Justine Amatorio

    Mr. Dabu

    10 St. Cecilia

    JOHN CAGES 433 COMPOSITION: REACTION PAPER


    John Cages 433, also known as the silent piece shows how all of the
    things around us create music, even silence. It consists of four minutes and
    thirty three seconds wherein the performer plays silence and nothing.
    Cages piece was said to be first performed by David Tudor as he sat
    motionless in front of a piano measuring every movement with a stopwatch.
    The sound of the movement of the trees entered the first movement followed
    by the raindrops on the roof as the second movement and the muttering and
    whispering audience as the final movement.

    It was very difficult to

    understand and appreciate at first because I completely had no idea about


    what is going on in that empty room but after watching a few more videos
    and interpretation about it, I have learned and realized that the sole purpose
    of Cages piece is that there music in everything. Some prefer this type of
    sound which is the absence of the sound itself. His work also conveys this
    idea that the plain noise we hear or produce is considered as music. It is
    performed as if it is following a pattern which is silence followed by a random
    sound.

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