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4'33 is not empty! That is a common misperception. 4'33 is the sound of the ambient space around the listener. Each performance is unique.

IMHO they are both arrogant scoundrels for doing this.

its always seemed like a prank to me; and I'm impressed that he never broke during the performance to ask "are you people really falling for this???"

In the original performance, he had a page turner.