created 2025-04-04, & modified, =this.modified
On Organ
This leads to one of the things I love about Cage’s music: it compels criticisms that reveal fundamental misunderstandings about music. E.g., you don’t buy the radical case— perhaps reasonable. But you then speculate there are no cases— which is at odds with common musical practice.
You disagree with an extreme interpretation, do you take the exact opposite? If not, up to where do you go?
Starting, with rest. When does the song first begin? The first note? No.
This is important! A rest is as important to music as a note.
rel: Spaces in Song and Saturation
