Question:“On music that calls sleep”
On music that calls sleep
Music that calls sleep is not there to be heard. It is there to be forgotten. The good kind ends without your noticing.
Three descend. Keep it quieter than a speaking voice. And give up the idea of hearing it to the end.
- Gymnopédie No. 1, Erik SatieSlow and sorrowful, the score says.
- Music for Airports, Brian EnoThe first music made to be as good ignored as heard.
- Sleep, Max RichterAn eight-hour piece, written to be slept through.
The wand of Hermes could close the eyes of mortals and open them again.