As the mother of a child who has yet to understand the importance of the space between the notes, I think this piece is priceless. Silence is golden. Without it music is just noise.
It should also be noted that this is not pure silence. The audience hears all of the ambient sounds that surround the performance. That is the essence of a performance of 4'33". A wholly unique and unscripted experience each and every time.
"There's no such thing as silence. What they thought was silence, because they didn't know how to listen, was full of accidental sounds. You could hear the wind stirring outside during the first movement. During the second, raindrops began pattering the roof, and during the third the people themselves made all kinds of interesting sounds as they talked or walked out." John Cage
4'33'' is a symphony crafter for each of us individually. start the video and listen. some car horns from a distance. rythm of footsteps on the corridor, a short laugh. a dog barks? 4'33'' may be overrated considering its values as piece of music but in other hand I think it represents well what I learned from John Cage's philosophy. Music is everywhere. Randomness of ambient sounds must have been a major inspiration for Cage as it appears in his other composed pieces. We only have to open our ears to embrace this kind of experience. This 4'33'' is a good chance to do that.
Every single moment in life is a perfect chance to do that. People like Cage, as many other contemporary artist are mere sophists, whose only real approach on art is to justify the lack of meaning of their own pieces with forced arguments. Honestly, anyone can come up with any sort of idea, doing nothing but giving an "explanation" to it. Except that not everyone carries the artist tag attached
I've demonstrated this piece for my music classes for many years, as an example of the ultimate in aleatoric music. I've discovered that I can never perform the entire piece; I get mortally bored long before the four and a half minutes are up, and I have to stop. I've come to the conclusion that this is one of those pieces that's more fun to talk about than it is to listen to.
actually, in the full edition of the sheet music, the bars were filled with eighth rests. Hence the reason why he still flips the pages. (this is from what I remember.)
Really can't get enough of this beautiful piece. So soulful, so moving, so touching. The symbolism, it's.. it's overwhelming! I'm dying this is so vastly stunning, and what's more entertaining!
I came to this video through the book "Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists" which mentions Cage seeking a pianist able to play a particularly demanding piece. He found Tudor, and my TH-cam search brought me this. I was not disappointed with Tudor's technical brilliance.
People poked fun of this piece--but look--there's over 400, 000 hits--so its still making waves. People miss that Cage wanted the audience to be aware of sound--not just organized sound. Its a revolution--listening--but not listening---you are aware of the audience shuffling, crickets what ever. Take the musical wax out of your ears people! You just might learn something.
I spent some time reading many comments here, and I had a great pleasure thinking, beyond art, beyond all academic knowledge, beyond taste... this piece (or however haters and lovers would like to call it) is still proving a point, Mr Cage was smart enough to create something that went far beyond music/art/time without moving a finger, literally! Your endless arguments keeps it alive!
For those who don’t know, it was Tudor who debuted the piece in Maverick Hall, Woodstock, New York, on the 29th of August, 1952. He was 26 (born 20 January 1926).
I found this really soothing, for 5 minutes I could enjoy of the only sound of a clock ticking. No other noises, no other distractions, only one thing to focus on. Time.
“The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I feel it's not beautiful? And very shortly you discover there is no reason.” - Cage “Get yourself out of whatever cage you find yourself in.” - Cage All I'm saying here is these two quotes smashed into one sentence. The reason people think 4'33" sucks is not because of the composer's inadequacies but the offended listener's. The cage is the idea that there must be an objective reason why they don't like it.
People do not realize what Cage wanted to do with this piece and maybe (maybe) it's because it is on a TH-cam video. If you listen to this live in an auditorium you would hear the actual sounds he wanted you to hear. Awesome.
What Cage is showing here is this. music is a participatory experience. your mind creates music to fill the silence. what you ultimately "hear" depends on several factors. example,, where you are at the time, what you are feeling . and ultimately your attitude towards Cages work, in short music is influenced by many factors, if you could perform the sounds going through your mind while "listening" to this piece, each and every one of us would produce something quite different.
VeveVikingo interesting? Art is not someting you find interesting it dont make you think it makes you feel and ask this just make boring ppl feel smart for see something in nothing (pls dont say "thats poetic" because thats just sad and fucking boring)
I think it would take me a long long time if ever to understand that score !! I dont think analysing complex work is beneath me. I dont immediately turn off contemporary music when I hear it, and I have tried for many years to hear something in it,but so far it has eluded me ! I hope you find what you are looking for in contemporary music, in the meantime, I'll carry on listening to the music of the great composers whose music is recognisable and very dear to me. Good luck.
The emotion showed is individualistic and different every time. The point is to listen to the sounds around you and absorb your surroundings. It's the performers saying "the music is around you if you listen". It doesn't even have to be pleasant to be music. I felt inspired and refreshed after that chart. Obviously some of you felt annoyed because of your expectations.
This is one piece of music that totally gets lost when transported onscreen. The music of the piece is composed of the ambient sounds surrounding the actual, physical context of the performance. The audience becomes aware to the fullest extent of the sounds in his life at that very moment - for four moments and thirty-three seconds. Here, we only get a small indication of what it's like to experience John Cage's 4'33".
My professor had us listen to the first 1'30" of this in lecture today, & it was a surprise to say the least lol. But listening to the sounds around you during this piece can be insightful, methinks.
There are academics who critique music as good or bad by *mislabeling* subjective reasons as objective ones. You are correct in questioning that it is music. Just because Cage was a composer doesn't mean that he was unable to create art outside his profession that is equally engaging. Cage himself might say that the score is a time frame + title but there is a big difference between a score and its realization. We go to sleep in silence but often not in a concert hall expecting to hear music.
The sound of silence by Simon and Garfunkel was written and came out in 1964. While on the other hand 4´33 by John Cage came out in 1952. So your 4 year old comment makes no sense at all. (I understand it was a joke but I'm just a boring person in general).
in our busy mainly urban lives - Cage set out to highlight that although silence maybe golden, is also impossible. enhanced awareness of yr surroundings via the work 4'33 might lead temporarily to Zen ,peace + calm perhaps, but not silence. marvellous !
c'est amusant , comme des années après, cette oeuvre déclenche autant de hargnes... rien que pour ce fait c'est totalement réussit. C'est vous qui faites l'oeuvre.
In my country, Chile, was presented in a museum the vexations of Erik Satie all night. At first I founded really annoying the sounds of sneezing, coughing , the sound of people who droped things,etc.But later I realized that is beauty of it .. the sounds of the ambience are, in a way, part of piece that is presented :D
This is the purest example of Art and Life and how they come together. In this particular case Cage did not prepare or use the chance operarions. This is so amazing. For me David Tudor is the Perfect Joice for the Music Form John Cage.
Man, I wish I could be famous for sitting on my ass in front of a piano, looking at a pocket watch, flipping through the sheet music, and flipping open the piano lid. Art 5/7
John Cage wrote this because he was in a chamber where sound could not be heard as part of an experiment, the only thing that could be heard was what was brought in, and in his case, his own body, he could hear his heartbeat externally, and some say he heard his hair growing, this is what inspired this piece, it is not just silence, its to high lite what you cant normally hear.
Music appreciation students: Yo Pass the the aux cord!
Literally anybody else: u better not play trash.
Music appreciation students: **this**
I've seen many variations of this piece not played by a variety of instruments. Of all those not played, this was played least of all. Bravissimo!
I had this song stuck in my head all day yesterday. It's so damn catchy.
I broke my speakers listening to this at maximum volume.
I turned it up to 11.
I hope they were insured :D
This is one of the finest performances of this piece that I have ever seen. I one day hope to be able to perform to this level.
when minimalists get serious.
This song has been playing almost everywhere since the beginning of the universe. No joke. ;D
Piece, not song.
An interesting thought actually because in the beginning there was dense energy everywhere and I wonder if there were sound waves within that???
As the mother of a child who has yet to understand the importance of the space between the notes, I think this piece is priceless. Silence is golden. Without it music is just noise.
I'm setting this as my ringtone
Nailed it, the solo at 2:12, killer.
It should also be noted that this is not pure silence. The audience hears all of the ambient sounds that surround the performance. That is the essence of a performance of 4'33". A wholly unique and unscripted experience each and every time.
"There's no such thing as silence. What they thought was silence, because they didn't know how to listen, was full of accidental sounds. You could hear the wind stirring outside during the first movement. During the second, raindrops began pattering the roof, and during the third the people themselves made all kinds of interesting sounds as they talked or walked out." John Cage
I'm glad he turns the pages in the sheet music. I wouldn't want him to miss a single note.
4'33'' is a symphony crafter for each of us individually. start the video and listen. some car horns from a distance. rythm of footsteps on the corridor, a short laugh. a dog barks?
4'33'' may be overrated considering its values as piece of music but in other hand I think it represents well what I learned from John Cage's philosophy. Music is everywhere. Randomness of ambient sounds must have been a major inspiration for Cage as it appears in his other composed pieces. We only have to open our ears to embrace this kind of experience. This 4'33'' is a good chance to do that.
Every single moment in life is a perfect chance to do that. People like Cage, as many other contemporary artist are mere sophists, whose only real approach on art is to justify the lack of meaning of their own pieces with forced arguments. Honestly, anyone can come up with any sort of idea, doing nothing but giving an "explanation" to it. Except that not everyone carries the artist tag attached
I've demonstrated this piece for my music classes for many years, as an example of the ultimate in aleatoric music. I've discovered that I can never perform the entire piece; I get mortally bored long before the four and a half minutes are up, and I have to stop. I've come to the conclusion that this is one of those pieces that's more fun to talk about than it is to listen to.
You're as insane as the composer.
RIP headphone users :/
My music professor told us we could have our dog perform this for us if we wanted. I was confused until now.
I love how he still has sheet music for the song
Well, it's an incredibly complex piece. Not even a master such as David Tudor could play it perfectly by memory.
lil funfact for ya lol- the only thing on all of those pages of sheet music was "tacet," which means "not to play"
actually, in the full edition of the sheet music, the bars were filled with eighth rests. Hence the reason why he still flips the pages. (this is from what I remember.)
Really can't get enough of this beautiful piece. So soulful, so moving, so touching. The symbolism, it's.. it's overwhelming! I'm dying this is so vastly stunning, and what's more entertaining!
Really good piece and an epic cover! He really does it with such emotion!
I came to this video through the book "Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists" which mentions Cage seeking a pianist able to play a particularly demanding piece. He found Tudor, and my TH-cam search brought me this. I was not disappointed with Tudor's technical brilliance.
Finally I've found song I can master!
Finally a song that I can play. Awesome!
anyone who complains about the background noise of this piece doesn't understand it
People poked fun of this piece--but look--there's over 400, 000 hits--so its still making waves. People miss that Cage wanted the audience to be aware of sound--not just organized sound. Its a revolution--listening--but not listening---you are aware of the audience shuffling, crickets what ever. Take the musical wax out of your ears people! You just might learn something.
what a racket. i'm glad i don't live next door to him.
This is a straight banger y'all, my neck hurts from all the headbanging
I spent some time reading many comments here, and I had a great pleasure
thinking, beyond art, beyond all academic knowledge, beyond taste...
this piece (or however haters and lovers would like to call it) is still
proving a point, Mr Cage was smart enough to create something that
went far beyond music/art/time without moving a finger, literally!
Your endless arguments keeps it alive!
fine but its not music
I suppose we can say that
And its not art,its a really good form of keep alive something beeing really pretencius,hes a genius making stupids feel smart for "understand art"
@@gusramirez5647 technically it is
The fact that 47 people agree with you shows what kind of world we live in.
¿Esta es la versión original o la versión remix?
LMFAOOO
JAJAJAJAJAJAJA hasta me caí JAJAJAJAJAJA
For those who don’t know, it was Tudor who debuted the piece in Maverick Hall, Woodstock, New York, on the 29th of August, 1952. He was 26 (born 20 January 1926).
It is the "in three movements" that kills me.
I found this really soothing, for 5 minutes I could enjoy of the only sound of a clock ticking. No other noises, no other distractions, only one thing to focus on. Time.
all i'm hearing now is the sound of my friend pissing in the toilet.
bravo, John Cage.
I've never heard of music like this. It's amazing that this can also be music.
(Greeting from Korea)
I as well have never HEARD music like this.
Is it available on iTunes?
Wow I am totally gona buy this on Itunes! this is the best music I have never heard!
“The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I feel it's not beautiful? And very shortly you discover there is no reason.” - Cage
“Get yourself out of whatever cage you find yourself in.” - Cage
All I'm saying here is these two quotes smashed into one sentence. The reason people think 4'33" sucks is not because of the composer's inadequacies but the offended listener's. The cage is the idea that there must be an objective reason why they don't like it.
I think it is the same thing as selling an empty book. I think it is more of a philosophical thing than a music thing.
This is one of the songs that just gets stuck in your head.
We need a ten hour looped version.
This song is beautiful. It needs more likes.
"The sound of this video has been removed due to copyright claims"
Haha good one! 😂😂
Thank you for the Brilliant post!
People do not realize what Cage wanted to do with this piece and maybe (maybe) it's because it is on a TH-cam video. If you listen to this live in an auditorium you would hear the actual sounds he wanted you to hear.
Awesome.
What exactly am I going to hear in an auditorium that's remotely interesting? Coughs? Farts??
well i was browsing 9gag and theres this post about this song and i searched for it, and boy oh boy, i fell in love with this song
You missed a note at 0:25, other than that, perfectly played.
What Cage is showing here is this. music is a participatory experience. your mind creates music to fill the silence. what you ultimately "hear" depends on several factors. example,, where you are at the time, what you are feeling . and ultimately your attitude towards Cages work, in short music is influenced by many factors, if you could perform the sounds going through your mind while "listening" to this piece, each and every one of us would produce something quite different.
this is art, this silence will make you think, only great pieces of art make you think..
A banana makes me think "yeah, that's a banana."
Bananas are truly great works of art.
it depends of the point of view, some may find bananas very interesting.
GooseDota the difference is that the banana wasn't created by someone to convey anything and art needs to be created
Modern art........we are fucked
VeveVikingo interesting? Art is not someting you find interesting it dont make you think it makes you feel and ask this just make boring ppl feel smart for see something in nothing (pls dont say "thats poetic" because thats just sad and fucking boring)
Wow - A piece of music I can listen to while listening to other music. Not many pieces around like that!
John Cage was really high when he compose this shit!!!!
Thumbs up if you're 13 years old and only listen to GOOD music.
I put this as my alarm clock
That's why you stay asleep!
@@russellthompson9271That's also why you don't ever get jokes! I assume.
this is so good i think i may have it as my ringtone
this is sickkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk bro..this on itunes?
Never thought id ever nail a song down by ear so quick
" "
-John Cage
fantastic melody :)
Much better than dubstep.
I think it would take me a long long time if ever to understand that score !!
I dont think analysing complex work is beneath me. I dont immediately turn off contemporary music when I hear it, and I have tried for many years to hear something in it,but so far it has eluded me !
I hope you find what you are looking for in contemporary music, in the meantime, I'll carry on listening to the music of the great composers whose music is recognisable and very dear to me.
Good luck.
I loved the part at 1:58 when some seagulls starting fighting outside my window.
The emotion showed is individualistic and different every time. The point is to listen to the sounds around you and absorb your surroundings. It's the performers saying "the music is around you if you listen". It doesn't even have to be pleasant to be music. I felt inspired and refreshed after that chart. Obviously some of you felt annoyed because of your expectations.
Sick Bass Drop 1:04 gets me every time
This is one piece of music that totally gets lost when transported onscreen. The music of the piece is composed of the ambient sounds surrounding the actual, physical context of the performance. The audience becomes aware to the fullest extent of the sounds in his life at that very moment - for four moments and thirty-three seconds. Here, we only get a small indication of what it's like to experience John Cage's 4'33".
I can't understand this kind of arts. TOO ABSTRACT. WHAT THE HECK!!!!
This sums up modern social media and society. The de-evolution of mankind. The victory of entropy over intellect.
WEIRD. I CAN'T HEAR IT, BUT THE SOUND IT CREATES IN MY HEAD IS OVERWHELMING.
oh god...the most beautiful piece in the world!!!
Kto z Zapytaj Beczkę łapa do góry :D
ja xD
My professor had us listen to the first 1'30" of this in lecture today, & it was a surprise to say the least lol. But listening to the sounds around you during this piece can be insightful, methinks.
The music in here is the people whispering and noises if you don't get it
Darkamt Dark thats not music boi
@@omgthatsthebestnameiveever5479 depends on how you make the music
There are academics who critique music as good or bad by *mislabeling* subjective reasons as objective ones. You are correct in questioning that it is music. Just because Cage was a composer doesn't mean that he was unable to create art outside his profession that is equally engaging. Cage himself might say that the score is a time frame + title but there is a big difference between a score and its realization. We go to sleep in silence but often not in a concert hall expecting to hear music.
I don't think that this is what Simon and Garfunkel had in mind of "Sound of Silence"........
The sound of silence by Simon and Garfunkel was written and came out in 1964. While on the other hand 4´33 by John Cage came out in 1952. So your 4 year old comment makes no sense at all. (I understand it was a joke but I'm just a boring person in general).
Thanks, its nice to think that other people question ideas that are put to them !
one of the best trolls in music history
wow David Tudor has played it in such a wonderful way.
thanks for writing this masterpiece John Cage
I COULD HAVE FILMED A CAT WITH THE SAME RESULTS
the best song in the swiat kurewa
i think i chose one of the best days to listen to this because everyone's lighting fireworks right now ;P and it makes a hell of a noise...
If you play this for a music exam, it's PERFECT !
Damn it this song is stuck in my head. Especially the middle bit
Silence is Golden.
"Lerne schweigen, o Freund. Dem Silber gleichet die Rede, aber zu rechter Zeit Schweigen ist lauteres Gold."
Johann Gottfried Herder
YES!! Found the perfect song for my alarm clock!
If he studied the score a little less the performance would have had more spontanaiety
That was a flawless performance. Bravo!
Me dites pas qu'il est payé pour ça.
in our busy mainly urban lives - Cage set out to highlight that although silence maybe golden, is also impossible. enhanced awareness of yr surroundings via the work 4'33 might lead temporarily to Zen ,peace + calm perhaps, but not silence. marvellous !
hahahaha zapytaj beczke bum bum bumcfksz
c'est amusant , comme des années après, cette oeuvre déclenche autant de hargnes... rien que pour ce fait c'est totalement réussit. C'est vous qui faites l'oeuvre.
This world is fucked....
In my country, Chile, was presented in a museum the vexations of Erik Satie all night. At first I founded really annoying the sounds of sneezing, coughing , the sound of people who droped things,etc.But later I realized that is beauty of it .. the sounds of the ambience are, in a way, part of piece that is presented :D
zapytaj deske? was też chłopaki?
This is the purest example of Art and Life and how they come together. In this particular case Cage did not prepare or use the chance operarions. This is so amazing. For me David Tudor is the Perfect Joice for the Music Form John Cage.
O co tu kur** chodzi?
Koleś gra utwór pt 4'33'' Johna Cage'a. Dobra nuta. Mam to na dzwonku ustawione. W polifonii.
Wonderful song !
After practicing this piece for so long, I think I'm finally ready to play it
По-моему, лучшая интерпретация... Excellent sound!
John Cage可以說是新聲音新纖體最重要的代表人物，他一生從傳統的音樂學習,他是有名的Schoenberg的學生,他的特質是在於能夠把傳統中所排除的聲音音響加入在他的音樂創作之中,也符合這個新聲音新纖體的音樂段落.
Man, I wish I could be famous for sitting on my ass in front of a piano, looking at a pocket watch, flipping through the sheet music, and flipping open the piano lid. Art 5/7
AvengerMKII think and do something, you’ll be
Melhor musica para dançar !!
Muito topn
John Cage wrote this because he was in a chamber where sound could not be heard as part of an experiment, the only thing that could be heard was what was brought in, and in his case, his own body, he could hear his heartbeat externally, and some say he heard his hair growing, this is what inspired this piece, it is not just silence, its to high lite what you cant normally hear.
This is the best song ever!
I love this piece!