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Even if one overlooks for awhile that this piece is a philosophical statement masquerading as 'music', focusing only on silence/sound is a deficient way to explore the nature of music. To me, music is as much the design as, or even more so than the execution. I'm not making this up - in colloquial setting (at least in my performing experience) when one says 'the music', it may refer to the sound of music, or the score/text.
If one sits down and pens an autograph quietly, away from any instruments (and away from Finale/Sibelius, LOL) isn't he making music? It is music even before any sound is ever executed! We of all people would understand the phrase 'hearing music in my head'. In fact, wouldn't it mean that music is independent from the auditory execution? Wouldn't it mean that the design is paramount, not the sound?
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