Pseudo-intellectual nonsense or genuine musical art?
The BBC Symphony Orchestra this evening performed works by John Cage, including what is described as a "seminal silent work", cutely entitled 4'33" - in case it is not obvious, this is the duration of the silence during which the orchestra sits ...... sits ..... then sits some more ..... doing ..... nothing. I just watched it repeated on BBC4 television; I forebore from 'listening' to it live on Radio3 earlier in the evening.
From my commentary, I think you can see how I would answer the question I pose in the title.
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