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Some composers have discussed the significance of silence or a silent composition without ever composing such a work. In his 1907 manifesto, Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music, Ferruccio Busoni described its significance: [1] That which, within our present-day music, most nearly approaches the essential of the art, is the Rest and the Hold (Pause).
Great performance artists and improvisers know how to use this expressive tool to a greater and more extensive extent. The exciting silence between two movements—in this environment, itself, music—is more suggestive than the more definite, but less flexible, sound. [15] Sheet music for Allais' Funeral March, containing no musical notes
"The Sound of Silence" (originally "The Sounds of Silence") is a song by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, written by Paul Simon. The duo's studio audition of the song led to a record deal with Columbia Records, and the original acoustic version was recorded in March 1964 at Columbia's 7th Avenue Recording Studios in New York City for their debut album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M ...
Sounds of Silence, a 1966 album by Simon & Garfunkel; The Sound of Silence, 1968 album by Carmen McRae; 4′33″, a three-movement composition by American experimental composer John Cage, also known as The Sounds of Silence "Sound of Silence" (Dami Im song), Australia's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
"Il Silenzio" ("The Silence") is an instrumental piece, with a small spoken Italian lyric, notable for its trumpet theme. It was written in 1965 by trumpet player Nini Rosso, [1] its thematic melody being an extension of the same Italian Cavalry bugle call Il Silenzio d’Ordinanza used by Russian composer Tchaikovsky to open his Capriccio Italien (often mistaken for the U.S. military bugle ...
Lady Gaga took the stage at the 2015 Academy Awards to mark the 50th anniversary of the beloved musical "Sound of Music" -- and she definitely didn't disappoint. The pop singer came out in a ...
The album is the companion to Sound Museum: Three Women. Both albums feature the same thirteen instrumental pieces, performed by the same quartet, plus a song. Coleman wrote: "Sound Museum exists in two CD renditions of the same compositions played differently in each rendition. This concept was done to show music harmolodically.
IFC Films has bought U.S. rights to Peter Sarsgaard's drama "The Sound of Silence," two months after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. IFC plans to release "The Sound of Silence," which ...