Abstract:In Halberstadt, a 639 year performance of John Cage's ORGAN 2 /ASLSP (1987) is taking place. With this performance, the initiators aim to investigate the direction 'as slow as possible' that John Cage gave for this musical piece in practice. ORGAN 2 /ASLSP invites people to reconsider what we understand as music: is something still music if the length of the performance extends the length of human lives? The boundaries of performing a musical piece, from the role of the performer to that of the listener and mu… Show more
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