[silence] Composers who use lots of silence

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Isn't all music about silence?


On Jan 15, 2009, at 8:53 PM, Christof Migone wrote:

> 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
>>>