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Is Cage's 4'33" unmusic? Are the birds, tweeting birds songs, unmusic? I think you're confusing only musical styles that you recognize as music for the whole wo

Is Cage's 4'33" unmusic? Are the birds, tweeting birds songs, unmusic? I think you're confusing only musical styles that you recognize as music for the whole world of music we are surrounded by.

zaroth 9y ago
The birds are musical, and may be music to your ears (as in metaphorical music) but whether birdsong is literal music seems to be up for debate [1] unless a human records and samples it into such. Cage is performance art certainly but not, IMO, music. Again it’s something certainly up for debate. [2] But such debate reminds me of a particular South Park episode based in SF. [1] - http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?products_id=808579 http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/product_info.php?products_id=... [2] - https://youtu.be/WTCVnKROlos https://youtu.be/WTCVnKROlos