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Offline Brinestone

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« on: December 06, 2004, 02:39:11 PM »
Imagine for a minute that there is a composer named John Cage, and he likes to compose abstract music. For instance, he composes a piece entitled 4'33" (four minutes 33 seconds), which is just that length of time—silent—as a pianist sits on a piano bench before leaving the stage.

How would one punctuate the name of the song? I did nothing in the example because I think it looks weird to have two sets of end quotation marks, but I technically shouldn't italicize it. Is "4'33"" really right?
 
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« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2004, 02:47:28 PM »
The sign for minute is a double prime—not a straight or a curly quote, but a straight, slightly angled symbol. Let's see if it'll post correctly:

“4?33?”

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« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2004, 02:53:58 PM »
*swoons*
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« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2004, 04:20:57 PM »
Ooh!

Where can I download that song?