But this album is not the first protest to use silence to make a point. Here are two notable examples. The 18th century Austrian composer Joseph Haydn used it in his Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor – ...

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, ...