WRITE at least 1 response to each of the 9 media pieces & articles

WATCH & LISTEN to all the media files below.
READ/peruse the two texts for additional insights.
WRITE at least 1 response to each of the 9 media pieces & articles. Express any new insights or questions that come up for you or how the additional information has supplemented your understanding of these John Cage works.
1) A detailed look at piano preparation by Margaret Leng Tan, one of Cage’s colleagues who has become an aficionado of the form:
https://seattleu.instructure.com/courses/1601723/files/67675853/download?wrap=1
2) An excellent audio example of how Cage’s prepared piano music sounds like an Indonesian percussion orchestra, the Gamelan:
https://seattleu.instructure.com/courses/1601723/files/67675905/download?wrap=1
3) And an actual Gamelan:

4) A beautiful, very contemporary prepared piano piece by the German composer, Hauschka:
https://seattleu.instructure.com/courses/1601723/files/67675907/download?wrap=1
5) A short interview with Cage near the end of his life in which he talks about is favorite sound experience, silence.
(**NOTE** – you only need to watch from the beginning through 4:20)
https://seattleu.instructure.com/courses/1601723/files/67675889/download?wrap=1
6) A couple versions of the score. Note that “Tacet” is a musical term which means “Do Nothing” or “Be Silent.”
https://seattleu.instructure.com/courses/1601723/files/67675878/download?wrap=1
7) An amazing performance of Cage’s most famous piece by the BBC Symphony Orchestra:
https://seattleu.instructure.com/courses/1601723/files/67675870/download?wrap=1
8) A super-interesting in-depth investigation and explanation of 4’33”:
https://seattleu.instructure.com/courses/1601723/files/67675846/download?wrap=1