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4′33″: References & Edit History

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Invalidated site: BBC Sounds - The Essay - Five Seismic Moments in New Music, Robert Worby on John Cage's 4'33". Jan 03, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - The Essay - Five Seismic Moments in New Music, Robert Worby on John Cage's 4'33". Dec 30, 2024
Add new Web site: Yale University Press - What is 4’33”? Jun 04, 2024
Add new Web site: Internet Archive - "4'33". Sep 14, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - John Cage's 4'33". Is it music? Apr 11, 2023
Add new Web site: NPR - The Story of '4'33"'. Feb 17, 2023
Add new Web site: AllMusic - 4'33". Apr 07, 2015
Add new Web site: Classical Archives - 4'33". Dec 12, 2014
Article revised. May 17, 2013
Add new Web site: Rosewhite Music - What silence taught John Cage: The story of 4′33″. Apr 22, 2013
Add new Web site: Rosewhite Music - What silence taught John Cage: The story of 4′33″. Apr 22, 2013
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