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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: KonKilo who wrote (63261)5/3/2008 9:30:44 PM
From: Cogito  Read Replies (1) of 542950
 
>>Philip Glass wrote a piece called 4:33 in which the pianist sat upright on his bench, stared intently at the sheet music, occasionally turned a page, then got up and bowed to the audience, never having played a note. The performance lasted four minutes and thirty-three seconds.<<

WMcM -

Close! It was John Cage who "composed" 4:33. Glass was only 15 at the time. The piece had its premier in 1952.

I was thinking about how if the melody changes pitch, and does so at intervals, there is some kind of rhythm. But it isn't necessarily recognizable as rhythm, so I'm going to stand my ground on that one. I think the distinction would be that a lot of music has "time", but it isn't rhythmic.

- Allen
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