4′33″
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4′33″ is John Cage’s landmark experimental composition in which performers remain silent for four minutes and thirty-three seconds, focusing attention on ambient sounds as the music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 4′33″ canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5275512 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 4′33″ Context triple: [John Cage, notableWork, 4′33″]
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A.
Adagio for Strings
Adagio for Strings is a widely acclaimed orchestral work by American composer Samuel Barber, renowned for its poignant, elegiac character and frequent use in solemn and memorial contexts.
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B.
Partita for Orchestra
Partita for Orchestra is a lively and colorful orchestral work by English composer William Walton, showcasing his rhythmic vitality and brilliant orchestration.
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C.
Another Place
Another Place is a large-scale outdoor sculpture by artist Antony Gormley, consisting of cast-iron human figures installed along the beach at Crosby in Merseyside, England.
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D.
Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 is a monumental and highly complex late string quartet movement by Ludwig van Beethoven, renowned for its intense contrapuntal writing and ahead-of-its-time modernity.
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E.
Images pour orchestre
Images pour orchestre is an impressionistic orchestral suite by Claude Debussy that evokes vivid musical landscapes through rich color and innovative orchestration.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 4′33″ Target entity description: 4′33″ is John Cage’s landmark experimental composition in which performers remain silent for four minutes and thirty-three seconds, focusing attention on ambient sounds as the music.
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A.
Adagio for Strings
Adagio for Strings is a widely acclaimed orchestral work by American composer Samuel Barber, renowned for its poignant, elegiac character and frequent use in solemn and memorial contexts.
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B.
Partita for Orchestra
Partita for Orchestra is a lively and colorful orchestral work by English composer William Walton, showcasing his rhythmic vitality and brilliant orchestration.
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C.
Another Place
Another Place is a large-scale outdoor sculpture by artist Antony Gormley, consisting of cast-iron human figures installed along the beach at Crosby in Merseyside, England.
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D.
Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 is a monumental and highly complex late string quartet movement by Ludwig van Beethoven, renowned for its intense contrapuntal writing and ahead-of-its-time modernity.
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E.
Images pour orchestre
Images pour orchestre is an impressionistic orchestral suite by Claude Debussy that evokes vivid musical landscapes through rich color and innovative orchestration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conceptual artwork
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experimental music composition ⓘ musical composition ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | Four Minutes, Thirty-Three Seconds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticGoal | draw attention to the sounds of the environment as music ⓘ |
| associatedMovement |
avant-garde music
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conceptual art ⓘ experimental music ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
chance operations
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indeterminacy in music ⓘ silence in music ⓘ |
| composer | John Cage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controversy | challenged traditional definitions of music ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dedicatedTo | David Tudor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| duration | 4 minutes 33 seconds ⓘ |
| firstMovementDuration | 30 seconds ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
ambient sounds
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environmental sounds ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
live performance
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written musical score ⓘ |
| influenced |
conceptual music
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minimalist music ⓘ performance art ⓘ sound art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Marcel Duchamp’s readymades
NERFINISHED
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Robert Rauschenberg’s White Paintings NERFINISHED ⓘ Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ environmental soundscapes ⓘ |
| keyIdea |
silence is never absolute
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the frame of a performance can turn any sound into music ⓘ |
| languageOfScore | English ⓘ |
| movementCount | 3 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
contains no intentional musical notes
ⓘ
redefines the concept of listening ⓘ treats all sounds as potential music ⓘ |
| notatedAs | TACET in each movement ⓘ |
| originalInstrumentation | any instrument or combination of instruments ⓘ |
| performanceInstruction | performers do not intentionally produce sounds ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1952-08-29 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Maverick Concert Hall, Woodstock, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premierePerformer | David Tudor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Edition Peters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondMovementDuration | 2 minutes 23 seconds ⓘ |
| structure | three movements ⓘ |
| thirdMovementDuration | 1 minute 40 seconds ⓘ |
| title | 4′33″ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearComposed | 1952 ⓘ |
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