Sixty years ago, an audience of hundreds of spectators in a grand concert hall were surprised to find that the opening number was four minutes and 33 seconds of sheer silence, with no orchestra member ...

The late American composer John Cage left it up to the performer to decide how long his work, Organ2/ASLSP, should take. A group in Germany is testing the limits. One might say "mission accomplished" ...

In his “Europeras,” Cage dismantled centuries of tradition and expectations, for musicians and audiences alike. A rare revival is coming to Detroit. By Joshua Barone Wolff, the last representative of ...

A John Cage piece for organ titled ASLSP — as slow as possible — lives up to its name. It has been in performance for 21 years so far. A piece titled 'As Slow as Possible' has been in performance for ...

A John Cage Piece for Organ, 'ASLSP,' or, 'As Slow As Possible,' is Performed in : State of the World from NPR If all goes as planned, the work by the late composer John Cage will take over 600 years ...

No matter whether you prefer jazz, country, or rock and roll, most interesting songs have a bunch of chord changes that come and go throughout the bop’s roughly three-minute runtime. Those tuning into ...

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Cage Shock honors the composer's first visit to Japan, curated and directed by Tomomi Adachi, featuring Tania Carolina Chen, Victoria Shen and members of the International Contemporary Ensemble, ...

He changed everything about our perceptions of music, including the notions that it exists solely outside of our own bodies or must be made with traditional instruments. For those reasons, you should ...

HALBERSTADT, Germany — Before American avant-garde composer John Cage died in 1992, one of the only instructions he left for those performing his piece Organ2/ASLSP (As Slow as Possible) was, as its ...

Today, in the German town of Halberstadt, an organ performing a piece of music by the late American composer John Cage struck a new chord for the first time in two years. Here it is. (SOUNDBITE OF ...

Plus: Long Island beach houses, Greek housewares and more recommendations from T Magazine. By Caitie Kelly In his “Europeras,” Cage dismantled centuries of tradition and expectations, for musicians ...