On 07/02/2009, at 8:36 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
>>
>> Music begins with silence. The silence that
>> precedes the upbeat is part of the music. Sometimes the Nothing is
>> inserted into the midst of the music, Listen to the opening 20 or so
>> bars of Claude Debussy's "L'après midi d'un faune" for a glowing
>> illustration of what I mean. He starts with the one, then remembers
>> the zero ( an inexplicable and mystical silence takes place, not long
>> after the beginning. People have long wondered why this silence.)
>
>
> Yeah, zero is a bit mystical, 0 notes, at the right place, can even
> be dissonant, frightful ...
>
> To begin with a silence is almost perverse, you mean this?
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7tE1PvoSYI&feature=related
>
>
Géniale!! The ZERO comes precisely at the 40 second mark (camera
dissolve on French Horn) and lasts exactly 5 seconds (I have heard
some conductors make it last nearly 10 seconds: for ex. Leonard
Bernstein) followed by the harpist's glissando.
I can think of no more perfect illustration of the musical power of
silence. The Zero thus maintains it's historical place of appearing
AFTER one!!
Best
K
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Received on Fri Feb 06 2009 - 19:34:17 PST