Just in connection with John Cage, I'd like to mention another piece by him. Organ2/ASLSP is a piece written for organ that has no direction as to how slow it should be. The longest performance of it so far was 14 hours and 56 minutes. However, in 2001 a performance began that is not due to finish for another 649 years, until 2640!!! A special organ has been made specifically for the piece to be played in the St. Buchardi church in Halberstadt, Germany. The piece is adapted from an original piano version called ASLSP of which the average performance lasted 60-70 minutes.
References: I got most of this info from wikipedia
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