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3.1. Integrated Silences    3.2. Inherent Silences    3.3. Silent Discourse    3.4. Meta-Silences    3.5. Silencings

Examples

3.1.1 Chopin: Nocturne
3.1.2 Crumb: Vox Balaenae
3.1.3 Johnson: Imaginary Music
3.1.4 Robert Eidschun: Specks
3.1.5 Feldman: Intermission 6
3.1.6 Chouillet: Je me souviens n°4

3.1 Integrated Silences

Integrated silences form part of the artwork and are notated via durationally precise rests. These rests are integrated into the overall notation of the composition. In most of cases, these silences are already part of a compositional intention (as in the Chopin example). How they are mediated is often unspecified in the score (unidimensional rests), and therein lies the relevance of examining the multidimensionality of eloquent silences and the means through which performers embody them.

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