The Quakers are credited for the practice of one minute of silence. The practice dates back over 300 years ago. The minute of silence is for prayer and reflection.
because
Say "can we all have a minutes silence" for .........
Remembrance is celebrated in the (British) Commonwealth. Observance usually includes a silence at 11am on November 11th, which is when the armistice was signed in 1918. Depending on the country, the silence can be either one or two minutes.
Either 1 or 2 minutes.
Some names that mean silent include: Sigal: Hebrew origin, meaning "silence." Hush: English origin, meaning "silence or quiet." Moira: Greek origin, meaning "fate" or "destiny," sometimes associated with silence.
The duration of silence for Remembrance Day was changed from one minute to two minutes in 1994. This change was made to allow for a more reflective period of remembrance for those who sacrificed their lives during wartime. The two minutes of silence is observed at 11 a.m. on November 11th each year.
It originally went for five minutes but was shortened to two and then one
The silence on remembrance day is 2 minutes long.
John Cage
on the 11th of noivember
One potential controversy might be "Can about four and a half minutes of total silence be considered 'music'?"
The Cenotaph at Whitehall, London