The slowest and longest piece of music in the world

John-Cage-Organ-Project in Halberstadt, Germany

Since September 5, 2000, which is the 88th birthday of the avantgarde composer and artist John Cage, the slowest and longest concert that the world has ever heard has been playing: ORGAN2/ASLSP As Slow aS Possible that means this piece of music, for the organ, will be performed for 639 years in the church of St. Burchardi in Halberstadt.

Current tone

http://www.john-cage.halb...ne&l=e

I'd hate to be the cleaning crew. I think I'd end up hacheting somebody.

At first reading this I thought, Oh cool! Then I clicked on the link... That would drive me INSANE!!

Pointless. This is the kind of shit that some people try to sell as "vanguardist". Absurd indeed.

sounds like someone needs to hang up a phone

It's a cute idea, but it's a wasteful nuisance and totally pointless in reality

Cows rule.

Once upon an age John Cage made listenable music. The conceptual music stuff I can appreciate the idea of some of it (like 4'33")", but on an aesthetic level there's really nothing to grab on to. In that sense most of it should be considered art and not music. There's some stuff that he's done with atonality which derives from postmodern composers like Boulez and Ligeti but insofar as his primary concern is abstract conceptual manipulation of music and not the music himself, he's more an artist than a musical composer IMO.

lezama said:

The conceptual music stuff I can appreciate the idea of some of it (like 4'33")", but on an aesthetic level there's really nothing to grab on to.

can't argue with that!

It's a classic case of the technical and theoretical aspects taking over and ignoring the real reason we created art in the first place

Cow said:

Cows rule.

yes indeed they do! AND you will never find a Cow playing accordion on a streetcorner for six hundred plus years. Cows are far too classy for that

XxAxX said:

Cow said:

Cows rule.

yes indeed they do! AND you will never find a Cow playing accordion on a streetcorner for six hundred plus years. Cows are far too classy for that

XxAxX said:

Cow said:

Cows rule.

yes indeed they do! AND you will never find a Cow playing accordion on a streetcorner for six hundred plus years. Cows are far too classy for that

They know at some point you just need to moooove on!

What's nuts is I know I'll be going back in a few months to hear the tone change.

I haven't heard the whole song. I've looked on youtube, nada. I am not purchasing a cd, but my curiousity is slightly heightened. It irks me sometimes not knowing how things end.

NDRU said:

XxAxX said:

yes indeed they do! AND you will never find a Cow playing accordion on a streetcorner for six hundred plus years. Cows are far too classy for that

They know at some point you just need to moooove on!

the grass is greener on the other side of the chord

XxAxX said:

NDRU said:

They know at some point you just need to moooove on!

the grass is greener on the other side of the chord

or as Boston cows say, "cud"

morningsong said:

What makes humans do this kind of stuff

Their hope that others will talk about it.

Ace said:

morningsong said:

What makes humans do this kind of stuff

Their hope that others will talk about it.

I guess. What a way to ensure your name at least gets mentioned for the next 600+ years. Well, until someone just loses it and puts a hatchet to the contraption.