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Showing 1 to 20 of 93 for “"Electroacoustic"”.
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Electroacoustic Composition
The aesthetics of composing electroacoustic music that includes both environmental and digitally processed sounds were studied. This was accomplished by practical means, resulting in a folio of creative work. Compositional methods and techniques relating to the interaction between environmental and …
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Nature in electroacoustic music
… factor, and its appreciation in the context of electroacoustic music. Apart from providing a separate discussion of each work. the thesis introduces a theoretical framework, where nature is defined in different types and sources, and where the idea of `naturalness' within a musical context is …
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Tools for Understanding Electroacoustic Music
… lack of activity and interest in the analysis of electroacoustic music when compared to its composition and performance. The absence of a strong and active analytical community is very concerning, as it should be a fundamental part of any larger musical community that wishes for works to be …
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Interpreting Electroacoustic Audio-visual Music
… reflections upon the process of composition for electroacoustic audio-visual music. These are fixed media works in which sound and image materials are accessed, generated, explored and configured in creation of a musically informed audio-visual expression. Within the process of composition, the …
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Structuring processes in electroacoustic composition
This thesis accompanies the folio of electroacoustic compositions, describing the reasons behind, and methods of realising, the compositions. Each approach is designed to create a musical structure that relates sound materials throughout the work in a meaningful way, with the final aim of …
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Compositional strategies in electroacoustic music
This thesis accompanies the five electroacoustic pieces of the portfolio and aims to discuss compositional strategies. The pieces were designed with the intention of exploring ways of creating relationships between musical materials of differing natures. Structuring methods are outlined using …
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Portfolio of Electroacoustic Compositions with Commentaries
This portfolio consists of electroacoustic compositions which were primarily realised through the use of corporeally informed compositional practices. The manner in which a composer interacts with the compositional tools and musical materials at their disposal is a defining factor in the creation …
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Electroacoustic composition indicative of human agency
… examine the expression of human agency within electroacoustic music. 'The Voice', Noise and Metaphorh ave been used as chapter headings within which kinetic gesture, phonemic association, identity and gendered space are examined. Seven original works are presented: Moyle, Unconditional is the …
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Limits of Abstraction in Electroacoustic Music
… between abstract and representational aspects of electroacoustic music will be discussed. Such an exploration exposes the limits of abstraction in electroacoustic music, as the interaction between musical form and the world outside the immanent context of the work is revealed. In Chapter 1 an …
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The Visualization and Representation of Electroacoustic Music
… 1 and 2 there are definitions and a review of electroacoustic music, and then visualization generally and as applied to music. Chapter 3 is a review of specific and relevant literature as regards to the visualization of electroacoustic music. Chapter 4 introduces the concepts of imagining as …
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Hearing voices: electroacoustic composition portfolio and commentary
… in every case, is that I also draw on a range of electroacoustic influences.Trevor Wishart's many ideas about 'the human repertoire' - vocal utterance, paralanguage, sound morphology and transformative compositional processes - are perhaps most relevant. But I have also drawn from Denis Smalley's …
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Electroacoustic music composition: myth, symbol and image
This thesis presents the author's musical compositions through the elucidation of their source impulse. In order to facilitate the unveiling of the works presented in this thesis I have subdivided it into sections thus: Section 1 - Here I introduce the reader to the motivation behind my music …
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Magic realism in music : Four electroacoustic compositions
… the text contained in this book, but the four electroacoustic compositions presented: Go, Hendrix Haze, Triple Concerto and Toccata del Mago. The purpose of this writing is to put forward a context in which these four compositions may be assessed. In chapter 1, I choose to present my work …
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Space, motion and metaphor in electroacoustic music
This submission discusses the development of a compositional language which is expressive of 'lived' experience with relation to the works on the enclosed compact discs, Fal/out, Nesting Stones, Invisible Crowds, Bath, Hidden Lives and Scan. The main features of this language are a musical …
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The perception of timescales in electroacoustic music
… the nature and perception of timescales in electroacoustic music, to examine modes of experiencing time, and to discover a method that uses this knowledge to the advantage of the composer. Although the main focus is on acousmatic works, much of the research presented here has a broader scope …
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A portfolio of electroacoustic and acousmatic compositions
A portfolio of electroacoustic and acousmatic compositions realised through a variety of audio and audio-visual media, and with a particular emphasis on using speech as compositional material. The use of speech in compositions raises questions of political intent and responsibility, and these are …
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Implementation and applications of electroacoustic array beamformers
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1992.
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lily [bloom in my darkness]: an electroacoustic opera
Lily [bloom in my darkness] is a 35-minute electroacoustic opera for voice, live electronic processing, pulse sensors, two violas, saxophone doubling clarinet, electric harp, piano, and dance with an original libretto by poet felicia klingenberg. Lily explores the psyche and heart of Lily Isabel …
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