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From Blair MacIntyre:

Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 14:21:25 -0400
From: Blair MacIntyre 
To: guzdial@cc.gatech.edu
Subject: here's one for your class

In Halberstadt, Germany, in September, an organist kicked off a performance of
the late, radical composer John Cage's "Organ 2/ASLSP" (an acronym somehow
derived from "as slow as possible"), which was written for 20 minutes, but
thanks to technology and imagination, will be performed over a period lasting
639 years. The first six months will be devoted to creating an organ's first
note. The purpose of the performance is to contrast the piece with the frenzied
pace of modern society. [BBC News, 9-4-01]