{"id":14289,"date":"2026-09-02T13:59:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T20:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=14289"},"modified":"2026-09-07T14:18:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T21:18:03","slug":"organ%c2%b2-aslsp-as-slow-as-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2026\/09\/02\/organ%c2%b2-aslsp-as-slow-as-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"ORGAN\u00b2\/ASLSP (As SLow aS Possible)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/john-cage-organ-project-halberstadt-organ-aslsp-938b5a1d0bc3d8d0dec5cb19accd00a6?utm_source=snacks&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=snacks_20260806&amp;utm_content=cc8f994041e242d7800549aae059ecbb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from AP<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This organ will play one composition until 2640. It\u2019s redefining how slowly music can be played<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BY\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/author\/stefanie-dazio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">STEFANIE DAZIO<\/a>\u00a0AND\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/author\/david-keyton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DAVID KEYTON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Cage&amp;apos;s Organ2\/ASLSP \u201cAs Slow As Possible\u201d\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pipOi9LE8fk?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HALBERSTADT, Germany (AP) \u2014 A small organ in eastern Germany is the headliner of the world\u2019s slowest concert. It has been playing the same piece of music by composer John Cage at a glacial pace for nearly 25 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A rare chord change on Wednesday \u2014 from seven notes to eight \u2014 represented the completion of about 4% of the 639-year endeavor of the John Cage Organ Project Halberstadt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a historic moment inside the medieval Burchardi Church, in Halberstadt, Germany, that reflected the past, present and future of the project, as well as those who are following its \u2014 albeit very slow \u2014 progression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[ <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/john-cage-organ-project-halberstadt-organ-aslsp-938b5a1d0bc3d8d0dec5cb19accd00a6?utm_source=snacks&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=snacks_20260806&amp;utm_content=cc8f994041e242d7800549aae059ecbb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click to continue reading at AP<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from AP This organ will play one composition until 2640. It\u2019s redefining how slowly music can be played BY\u00a0\u00a0STEFANIE DAZIO\u00a0AND\u00a0DAVID KEYTON HALBERSTADT, Germany (AP) \u2014 A small organ in eastern Germany is the headliner of the world\u2019s slowest concert. It has been playing the same piece of music by composer John Cage at a glacial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14290,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14289\/revisions\/14290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}