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I would say that what Cage added was indeed the statement (or maybe question) that those noises are music. And listening to music is a different thing than medi

I would say that what Cage added was indeed the statement (or maybe question) that those noises are music. And listening to music is a different thing than meditation. That said, one can definitely disagree with his perspective on it.

labrador 4y ago
Ambient sounds do not fit the definition of music according to Oxford: vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion That said, I get that it's interesting for sparking conversations and thought about music https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/from-no-such-thing-as-silence-john-cages-433 https://nmbx.newmusicusa.org/from-no-such-thing-as-silence-j... like Duchamp's urinal https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/duchamp-fountain-t07573 https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/duchamp-fountain-t07573 Needless to say, I don't ever put 4' 33" on play and I don't have a replica of the urinal hanging on my wall