About this episode
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 Kyle Gann and Nahre Sol , and artist Dave Hilliard . Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced by Defacto Sound . Subscribe on YouTube to see our video series. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at mystery.20k.org . Support the show and get ad-free episodes at 20k.org/plus . Follow Dallas on Instagram , TikTok , Facebook , and LinkedIn . Join our community on Reddit . Check out Kyle Gann’s No Such Thing as Silence: John Cage's 4'33" wherever you get your books. See Nahre’s work at nahresol.com . Find Dave Hilliard on Instragram at davehilliardart . Listen to more of Martin Zalta Austwick’s music at palebirdmusic.com . Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/433 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices