The piece was called 4'33"—for the three silent movements totaling four minutes and 33 seconds—and it was composed by John Cage. It seemed like a joke. In fact, it would redefine music.

Is John Cage’s 4’33” the most radical artwork of the 20th century? When it premiered at a concert hall in Woodstock, N.Y., in August 1952, the 39-year-old composer had already proven himself ...

The 4′ 33″ app, commissioned by the John Cage Trust, encourages users to capture sounds around them, exploring ambiance the world over. The original song itself features 4 minutes and 33 seconds of ...

Last week, the music collective known as DJ Detweiler posted a copyright takedown notice it had received from Soundcloud, explaining that its remix of John Cage’s famous “4’33”” — a ...

4’33" as joke is now commonplace – the sound system only has to fail at a pub quiz nowadays for some wag to shout out "John Cage". Mea culpa, that wag was probably me, several times in the past, but ...

You know that piece John Cage wrote that has no score and consists of literally any instrumentalist standing on stage in total silence? ... John Cage’s 4'33", but played a cappella on this guy’s HANDS ...

It’s been a big year for composers and milestone birthdays. Sound Of The City has spent much of the year covering the 75th birthday celebrations ...

“John Cage’s 4’33” has been present in my musical life for as long as I can remember as an important and inspiring composition,” Mute founder Daniel Miller commented in a statement.

This week's iTunes "Discovery Download" is the first "movement" of John Cage's legendary 1952 piece "4'33". How cool is that? For those of you who might not be familiar with "4'33": Yes, it is ...

Gann, a composer, considers Cage’s 4’33” —a performance piece in which the pianist never plays a note—from just about every possible angle, explaining how it can be simultaneously “one ...

Cage was thrilled. I suspect John Cage would have been equally pleased to know that a performance of 4’33” at Columbia in 2024 could contain, in addition to the sounds of the HVAC system and ...