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CAGE: 4'33" / VARESE: Ionisation / CHAVEZ: Toccata

Hungaroton
CAGE: 4'33" / VARESE: Ionisation / CHAVEZ: Toccata

Composer(s):
Artist(s)
Period(s) 20th Century
Genre Classical Music
Category Chamber MusicInstrumental
Catalogue HCD12991
Label Hungaroton
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
MP3
USD 9.99
 

 

   



Not Music?
Review By aprilstamaria,August 2007

Who says John Cage's music isn't Music?! For ages, the meaning of music has always been rooted in the western classical tradition, i.e. performance on stage and learning from sheet music. Music certainly cannot be limited to these practices alone. Music after all exists in all cultures, among the indigenous people as well.  For them, music IS life. It is identified and closely connected to a particular ritual; otherwise, music won't have any meaning at all.  There is no concept of stage performance as in the western classical tradition. Cage's concept of music is closely linked to the idea that "Music IS life itself" and that music cannot be limited to the confines of a stage and an audience. In the third track of this recording, titled 4'33", Amadinda Percussion group more....







 

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