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4′33″
is a
musical
composition
written by
avant-garde
(non-traditional) musician
John Cage
. It is his most famous work. It consists of no notes, only 4 minutes and thirty-three seconds of
silence
. The piece challenges the definition of music. The only thing the
sheet music
says is "tacet", or "it is silent". It was first played by David Tudor in Woodstock, New York.