[silence] Composers who use lots of silence

[James Brody]

Picking up this discussion once more:

The composer Franz Kamin has used silence in a number of pieces. I will 
make some short remarks about two of them.

Each piece uses silence for a different purpose.

A composition called Structure from 1963 uses silence in such a way that 
after each statement of material, a silence of a calculated length 
exists to capture the after image of the previously stated material. The 
next entrance of is designed to break or interrupt the after image that 
existed during the silence.

Another piece, called Witness from 1970 uses longer silences and the 
object of the silences in this piece is to cause the listener to wait 
for what is coming next.

Anyone wishing to talk with the composer further about this or other 
subjects should contact me off-list.

James Brody
james.brody@gmail.com