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The entire handwritten score for the Monotone-Silence Symphony, showing the extreme sparsity of the work. The Monotone-Silence Symphony (French: Symphonie Monoton-Silence) is a piece of minimalist music by the French artist Yves Klein. It consists of 20 minutes of an orchestra performing the chord of D major, followed by a 20 minute silence. [1 ...
Monotone-Silence Symphony (1949), by Yves Klein; in two movements, a single 20-minute sustained chord followed by a 20-minute silence [7] 4′33″ (1952) by John Cage (1912–1992) silent; in three movements lasting a total of four minutes and 33 seconds, for any instrument or combination of instruments. 4'33" No. 2 (1962) by John Cage
Yves Klein, whose Monotone Symphony (formally The Monotone-Silence Symphony, premiered in 1960, synonym conceived in 1947–1948) is an orchestral 40-minute piece whose first movement is an unvarying 20-minute drone and the second and last movement a 20-minute silence, [1] [2] predating by several years both the drone music works of La Monte ...
Between 1947 and 1948, [6] Klein conceived his Monotone Symphony (1949, formally Monotone Silence Symphony) that consisted of a single 20-minute sustained D major chord followed by a 20-minute silence [7] [8] – a precedent to Klein's later monochrome paintings and to the work of minimal musicians, particularly La Monte Young's drone music and ...
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As part of the opening-night extravaganza, Klein performed for the first time his Monotone Symphony (1949, formally The Monotone-Silence Symphony), a 40-minute orchestral piece consisting of a single 20-minute sustained chord followed by a 20-minute silence. [1]
However, the roots of minimal music are older. In France, Yves Klein allegedly conceived his Monotone Symphony (formally The Monotone-Silence Symphony) between 1947 or 1949 [88] (but premiered only in 1960), a work that consisted of a single 20-minute sustained chord followed by a 20-minute silence. [89] [90]
Symphony "Dürer" Dedicated to Albrecht Dürer: Karl-Franz Muller: 1: Symphony des Machines: Symphony of the Machines: 1959: 2: Arcadian Symphony: 1970–72: 3: Altische Symphonie: Old Symphony: 4: Sardinian Symphony: 5: Sarda Symphony: 6–9: Sinfonia Breve: Short Symphony: 1960s: He wrote 3 of these symphonies. The 2nd was written in 1963. 10 ...