John Cage
John Cage famously wrote 4'33", a piece consisting (aurally) solely of silence.
The piece is called 4'33" and the composer is John Cage.
Say "can we all have a minutes silence" for .........
In music by any composer rests indicate the length of silence desired.
bach and saleh ahmed
Either 1 or 2 minutes.
The silence on remembrance day is 2 minutes long.
because
on the 11th of noivember
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.
2 minutes silence
The Cenotaph at Whitehall, London