L3：
讲座
1. What is the lecture mainly about?
The ideas behind a piece by an avant-garde composer
The influence of twentieth-century painting on avant-grade music
The traditional elements in a famous piece of avant-garde music
Development of reactions to twentieth-century experimental art forms
2. According to the professor, how did Rauschenberg’s white paintings influence John Cage?
They made him realize that artists should not be concerned with their audience.
They made him realize that an artw ork with little content could still be rich in meaning.
They demonstrated the importance o f collaborating with artists in other fields.
They inspired him to compose music that created visual impressions in listeners.
3. Why was the experience of visiting anechoic chamber significant for Cage?
He realized that he could still hear sounds inside the chamber.
He realized that echoes could be eliminated from a musical piece.
He learned the possibility of recording his body’s natural sound.
He discovered that music did not need to be composed in silence.
4. What was Cage’s attitude toward found sound?
He considered found sound to be a theoretical concept with no practical use.
He believed any noises could be musical if arranged carefully.
He believed that unintentional noises could serve as replacements for musical instruments.
He believed that compositions with random noises could be interpreted in different ways.
5. What does the professor imply when he discusses the audience at the first performance of 433″?
He believes that outside noise might have distracted the audience.
He thinks that music critics appreciated the piece more than the general audience did. He thinks that the audience was not mature enough to appreciate the piece.
He thinks that the audience’s response to the piece was understandable.
6. Why does the professor think that many of today’s performances of 4’33” are misinterpreted?
They are performed mostly outdoors.
They contain intentional sounds.
They last longer than 4 minutes and 33 seconds.
They do not include an actual piano.
