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The American avant-garde composer John Cage is best remembered for 4'33". This three-movement composition was premiered by the pianist David Tudor in Woodstock in 1952. Tudor took to the stage, sat down at the upright piano, closed the lid and, aside from lifting it again briefly at the end of the first movement and turning the pages of the score, remained relatively motionless and silent throughout the performance. 4'33" isn't silent, of course. It consists of four minutes and 33 seconds of the sounds of the environment in which it was performed.
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