[net.music.classical] My favorite story about the cage piece for radios

robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) (05/15/84)

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I heard (only secondhand, must be true!) about a performance
where at one point all the radios were turned down soft, and then
one radio happened to pick up a Beethoven symphony on WQXR (classical
station, new york city).  I'll bet there are many fun anecdotes about
what has happened at performances of this piece.  Not bad, for a work of
art...
					- Toby Robison (not Robinson!)
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mwg@mouton.UUCP (05/15/84)

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One story I've heard about "12 radios" or whatever it's called is
that when the Beethoven came on one of the radios, someone in the
audience stood up and shouted, "Leave that on!"

-Mark Garrett