Performing Musical Silence
(2025)
author(s): Guy Livingston
published in: Academy of Creative and Performing Arts
This dissertation considers performed silences in composed music and suggests that musicians often use markers to communicate the dimensions of silence. These markers may shape, summon, or impose silence. Markers are signals or cues that may be visible, audible, or multimodal. This research consists of an archive of examples from the author's pianistic practice, as well as three case studies drawn from works of Beethoven, Cage, and Antheil.
Full title: "Performing Musical Silence: Markers, Gestures, and Embodiments"
