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

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Four 33 by John Cage

Anicoic chambers are rooms that are acoustically treated to minimize sound to almost zero. John cage was fascinated by the idea of chance, so he started experimenting with prepared piano and later with the eaching. His distaste for music and interest in silence took him to the quietest place on earth. Once these two strands of his life met, he created one of the most controversial and influential pieces in history.

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