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Thought for the Day

October 12, 2010 by Kyle Gann

Composer Andrew Violette writes in to tell me that the only movement of 4’33” he really likes is the second. The others, he says, are too short.

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  1. Michael Wittmann says

    October 12, 2010 at 9:20 pm

    Bwa ha ha hah. This nearly got me to snort my beer.

  2. Rodney Lister says

    October 12, 2010 at 9:48 pm

    Well, then he can do them longer, can’t he?

  3. Dan says

    October 12, 2010 at 10:00 pm

    The entire piece is much too long. I prefer the 2 minutes silence on Remembrance Day, especially in school with all that giggling going on.

  4. James Langdell says

    October 13, 2010 at 3:58 pm

    Has 4’33” ever been performed by a musician exactly 6 feet 9 inches tall?

  5. David Carter says

    October 15, 2010 at 7:58 am

    Has anyone who is 14.20604 feet tall performed it for 6 minutes and nine seconds

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