[silence] Composers who use lots of silence

Christof Migone cm@christofmigone.com
Thu Jan 15 21:53:20 EST 2009


Blatant self-promo:
http://www.christofmigone.com/html/projects_gallery/quieting.html


> 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
>> 
>> --
>> To join or leave the Silence mailing list, please go to
>> https://list.mail.virginia.edu/mailman/listinfo/silence.
>> You can find searchable list archives at
>> http://list.mail.virginia.edu/pipermail/silence/
>> 
> 
> --
> To join or leave the Silence mailing list, please go to
> https://list.mail.virginia.edu/mailman/listinfo/silence.
> You can find searchable list archives at
> http://list.mail.virginia.edu/pipermail/silence/




More information about the silence mailing list