"4'33" by John Cage (Twenty Thousand Hertz)

<p>It seemed pretty unlikely that Strong Songs would ever cover John Cage's infamous "silent" composition "4'33", so we figured, on this off-week, it'd be fun to run an episode of the fabulous podcast <em>Twenty Thousand Hertz</em> on the subject instead.</p> <p>(Also, Kirk and <em>20KHz</em> host Dallas Taylor like one another's shows and decided to do a little cross promotion.)</p> <p>This episode originally ran on January 22, 2020, and the full show notes and credits are below. You can find out more about <em>Twenty Thousand Hertz</em> at the show's website, <a href= "https://www.20k.org/">https://www.20k.org</a>.</p> <p>This is a really cool podcast episode. Hope you dig it!</p> <p><strong>ORIGINAL 20KHz SHOW NOTES (Aired 01/22/2020)</strong></p> <p><em>This episode was written and produced by</em> <a href= "https://martinZaltzAustwick.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><em>Martin Zaltz Austwick</em></a><em>.<br /> <br /></em>John Cage was a respected composer when, in 1952, he created his “silent piece”, 4’33’’ - a piece that would have the music world scratching their heads. This episode asks whether 4’33’’ is really “silent”, and we explore the history of a piece musicians still talk about today - and speak to the man who campaigned to get it to the top the British charts in 2010. Featuring composers <a href="https://kylegann.com/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kyle Gann</a> and <a href= "https://www.nahresol.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nahre Sol</a>, and artist <a href="http://instagram.com/davehilliardart" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dave Hilliard</a>.<em><br /></em><br /> <strong>MUSIC FEATURED IN THIS EPISODE<br /> <br /></strong>Plastic Furniture by Audioblocks<br /> Sleepwalker by Hey Lunar<br /> Minor Stretch by Sound of Picture<br /> Footnote by Martin Zaltz Austwick<br /> A Bad Crossword (Instrumental) by Martin Zaltz Austwick<br /> Snowmelt by Martin Zaltz Austwick<br /> Slow Minnesota by Martin Zaltz Austwick<br /> Am Trans by Martin Zaltz Austwick<br /> Got Spark by Mart