A Song That Takes 639 Years to Play
Posted on 12th July 2008 by Agent MRecently, a song that takes 639 years to fully play through it once, was partly played at a Church in Germany. This song is the “Organ2/ASLSP”.
The Organ2/ASLSP is a work by an American composer, John Cage, back in 1985. The original song began back in 2000 in a German church. Depending on the part of the song, a note can last, at short, a few months, to a few years!
A thousand people from all over the world came to watch this bizarre performance. A “portion” of the performance can be seen on YouTube. Having performed six chords so far in the last seven years, the next performance will be in November 2008.
When John Cage first composed the piece, the song was to only last 20 minutes. However, musicians have always tried to “fight against” or have tried to help loosen the tension within the busy lives of the people today. Cage’s work is an example of one of the many practices.
For reference purposes, ASLSP stands for As Slow As Possible.
Source: John Cage Orgelprojekt
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