http://www.metafilter.com/tags/surprisinglyPolarizing! Posts tagged with 'surprisinglyPolarizing!' at MetaFilter. Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:03:27 -0800 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:03:27 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/64945/Its%2Dthe%2Doboes%2Dthat%2Dreally%2Dbrought%2Dlife%2Dto%2Dthe%2Dperformance%2Ddont%2Dyou%2Dthink John Cage's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4'33%22" title="Wikipedia.">4</a>'<a href="http://www.classicalnotes.net/classics/silence.html" title="Interesting article by Peter Gutmann, where, among other salient points, he offers: 'I've heard Mozart's dozen mature piano concertos dozens of times each over dozens of years, but right now I can recall only a few of their melodies. I heard the Cage piece just once (and three decades ago), but I remember it so vividly.">33</a>" has been discussed <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/20241" title="The 'who-holds-the-copyright-on-silence' flap, from 2002.">previous</a><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/61307/Ill-take-whats-behind-door-number-433" title="Not about the piece in question, but another wonderful and very whimsical Cage piece.">ly</a> on MeFi, but you might've missed the <a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=969427" title="MySpace video. Opens with commentary that's, well, perhaps a little better than what you'd expect for TV... Opening commentary from BBC radio link is better.">full</a> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3401901.stm" title="BBC news article, with some background info on the event and the piece.">orchestral <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/events04/entertainment/cage_4_minutes_silence16jan.ram" title="RealPlayer audio link, from BBC radio. Included here mainly for the brief opening commentary, which is a bit more intelligent and informative than the commentary preceding the televised version.">version</a>.</a> 4'33" has shown itself to be a hugely influential work if only for the fact that so many people <i>know</i> of it. The piece is often referenced in MeFi comments, sometimes appearing in unrelated or only tangentially related threads. Here's a small sampling: <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/31185/Its-oh-so-quietshhshhh#623104">jpoulos</a>. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/31185/Its-oh-so-quietshhshhh#623162">jfuller</a>. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/31185/Its-oh-so-quietshhshhh#623223">mr_crash_davis</a>. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/26686/ambient-public-radio-hearts-of-space#510750">jfuller</a>. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/19253/#324370">evanizer</a>. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/16081/#254309">skwm</a>. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/34344/The-Shape-of-Song#701924">kozad</a>. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/57547/Showoffs-and-knucklebusters#1544483">wheelieman</a>. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/57547/Showoffs-and-knucklebusters#1544767">sotonohito</a>, and immediately following sotonohito's comment in that thread, <b> languagehat</b>, <b>LooseFilter</b>, <b>dydecker</b> and more, in what turns into a lively discussion of this <i>still controversial</i> piece of music. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.64945 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:03:27 -0800 composer johncage music silence? surprisinglyPolarizing! flapjax at midnite