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Collection
Open Vault Website
Series
New Television Workshop
Program
A Tribute to John Cage
Clip
john Cage performs "4:33"
Producing Organization
WGBH Educational Foundation
Contributing Organization
WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/15-jq0sq8qn59
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Description
Description
In this short excerpt from Nam June Paik's "Tribute to John Cage," avant-garde composer Cage is shown performing his famous silent piece "4:33" in Harvard Square, Boston.
Topics
Music
Performing Arts
Subjects
composers; Avant-garde (Music); Cage, John; Documentaries and factual works
Rights
Rights Note:,Rights:,Rights Credit:A co-production of WGBH New Television Workshop and the TV lab at WNET/13. (c) 1978 Nam June Paik,Rights Type:All,Rights Coverage:,Rights Holder:Nam June Paik
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:01:22
Credits
Director2: Atwood, David
Director2: Barzyk, Fred
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
Publisher: WGBH Educational Foundation
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WGBH
Identifier: 379082f57cb837aadb4527c29c42f3369e156fab (ArtesiaDAM UOI_ID)
Format: Quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:00:00
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Citations
Chicago: “Open Vault Website; New Television Workshop; A Tribute to John Cage; john Cage performs "4:33",” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 2, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-jq0sq8qn59.
MLA: “Open Vault Website; New Television Workshop; A Tribute to John Cage; john Cage performs "4:33".” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 2, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-jq0sq8qn59>.
APA: Open Vault Website; New Television Workshop; A Tribute to John Cage; john Cage performs "4:33". Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-jq0sq8qn59