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Showing 1 to 20 of 179 for “"M Music"”.
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The real deal: professional klezmer musicians on a London world music scene
The Real Deal is a term often used by musicians to describe people they perceive to be more authentic than them. Over the past seven or eight years, I have performed music from Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Turkey and beyond under the umbrella of World Music in one of the most cosmopolitan cities in …
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The Acousmatic Musical Performance: An Ontological Investigation
… ontological question: what is an acousmatic musical performance? Chapter 1 discusses acousmatic sound – a fundamental constituent of the acousmatic musical performance – and considers ways in which acousmatic sounds are determined in advance of, and during, a performance. Chapter 2 presents …
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Topology of spatial texture in the acousmatic medium
… fabric of experienced space in acousmatic music. The topology of spatial texture is a network of concepts treating music as a flexible, textural space, which deforms, shapes, and transforms in time. A comprehensive terminology is introduced, along with five fixed-media electroacoustic …
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Spectral spatiality in the acousmatic listening context
… a terminological framework for discussing musical contexts in terms of their spectral space design. Consequently, it is argued that in acousmatic music, spectral spatiality must be considered as an inseparable aspect of spatiality in general, although its pertinence only becomes directly …
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User serviceable parts: Practice, technology, sociality and method in live electronic musicking
In live electronic musical research there is a need to confront the interrelationships between the social and the technological in order to understand our music as practice. These interrelationships form a complex and dynamic ecosystem that not only forms the context to, but is constitutive of …
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Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer
The music of Veljo Tormis (b. 1930) became well-established in Estonia during the 1960s yet remained little known in the West during the Communist period. By incorporating traditional song, regilaul,into his works, Tormis’s name became closely associated for Estonians with upholding a sense of …
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Recurrence in acousmatic music
… processes. While the main focus is on acousmatic music, many of the ideas developed in the research have broader scope and are relevant to other areas of music composition. The concept of recurrence is initially defined and considered, followed by the investigation of different aspects of sound …
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The Electroacoustic and its Double: Duality and Dramaturgy in Live Performance
Live electroacoustic performance juxtaposes and superimposes two main elements: the real, present and physical, against the simulated and disembodied. In this sense, it is a liminal form which negotiates two different worlds on stage. In this dissertation I will address some central aspects of …
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Limits of Abstraction in Electroacoustic Music
… 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 examination of the …
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The perception of timescales in electroacoustic music
… 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 and is relevant …
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The Reception of Women Pianists in London, 1950-60
… 1950-60, based on reviews published in three music journals, Music and Musicians, Musical Opinion, The Musical Times, and one national daily newspaper, The Times. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, women pianists, both amateur and professional, suffered from the notion that women were …
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Contemporary opera in Britain, 1970-2010
This study of contemporary opera in Britain considers first, the theoretical aspects of the creation of an opera, then moves to a survey of British opera companies and their productions of modern opera over the past 40 years. There follows a detailed study of three works produced in Britain during …
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Hearing voices: electroacoustic composition portfolio and commentary
The concept of voice is a fundamental thread that underpins my PhD portfolio, with the human voice being present in all but one of the compositions. The drive to make what I think of as 'voice works' has, to a large extent, been influenced by various theatrical vocal practices that are in some way …
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Ashitaka: an audiovisual instrument
… at how sound and visuals may be linked in a musical instrument, with a view to creating such an instrument. Though it appears to be an area of significant interest, at the time of writing there is very little existing - written, or theoretical - research available in this domain. Therefore, …
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Our ancient national airs: Scottish song collecting c.1760-1888
This thesis explores the musical dimension of Scottish song-collecting between the years c.1760 and 1888. The collections under investigation reflect the general cultural influences that bear on their compilers, starting with those associated with what we now call the Scottish Enlightenment, and …
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Portfolio of compositions
The music in the portfolio is a result of a gradual change in methodology and aesthetic concerns. My previous music displayed an overriding concern with the inherent technical ‘coherence’ of the finished result. The masters material employs a more improvisatory or intuitive methodology, and the …
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Composition research folio
This folio contains 2 works for contrasting chamber ensembles and supporting research papers. Scores appear in chronological order according to their completion date in order to highlight the development of ideas. Research papers explore aspects of aleatoricism, spectromorphological analysis, …
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Portfolio of compositions
The four works which make up the portfolio demonstrate pieces of varying lengths and complexity, written for a range of contrasting ensembles. The pieces are included in chronological order, based upon their completion; in this way I hope to demonstrate how I have been able to experiment with …
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