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Composer's Handbook
A silence after a strong sound can carry as much weight as the sound.
Insert a full bar of rest after a loud full-ensemble chord.
Fortissimo chord on beat 1 and then a full bar of silence and then a quiet return.
Handel, Messiah, Hallelujah chorus (the pause before the last “Hallelujah”)