[silence] Composers who use lots of silence

[John McDonough]

Thanks all! Went to the Francisco Lopez site, and man does he have a  
lot of releases. Any suggestions on what to get first?



On Jan 15, 2009, at 9:40 PM, Joseph Zitt wrote:

> The composer who comes most immediately to mind is Francisco Lopez.
> Most of his music that I know begins and ends with extended silences,
> fading up and down very gradually in between.
>
> http://www.franciscolopez.net/
>
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:04 PM, John McDonough  
> <bebopj@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> Besides Cage and the NY School, are there any composers who use
>> silence a lot? I'm looking for pieces that alternate a lot of
>> activity with silence, as opposed, for example, to Cage's number
>> pieces which alternate long tones with silences.
>>
>> Thanks in Advance
>>
>> John
>>
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