Sound in the ecstatic-materialist perspective on experimental music / Riccardo D. Wanke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wanke, Riccardo D., author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

Routledge research in music

Routledge research in music series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--20th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Sound (Philosophy).

Avant-garde (Music).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 160 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Riccardo D. Wanke is musician, academic, and member of the Centre for the Study of Sociology and Aesthetics of Music at NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal. His interests cover experimental music, sound perception, and electronic sound manipulation. He has performed live worldwide and published for international labels.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 02, 2021).

Introduction A multifaceted approachOverviewRemarks and limitationsNotes1 Sound in 20th-century music Scelsi and the centrality of sound Key aspects of sound in the ecstatic-materialist perspective From music to sound From the beginning of the century up to 1980: a plural emancipation Spectral line Minimalist line Musique concrète and avant-garde lines From the 1980s onwards: a non-linear expansion Sonic map Case studies: selection of pieces Closing remarks Notes 2 Morphology and structure of musical works Starting points of the analysis Sequential method Step 1: Identification of common characteristics and morphologies Step 2: Identification of common developments (unfolding structures) Results Low-level attributes (A) An expanded spectrum (B) Microtonal variations (C) Systematic glissandi (D) Rhythmic development (E) Static masses (F) Repetitive clusters (G) Dynamic and timbric contrasts High-level attributes (H) Hypnotic reiterations (I) A plastic and sculptural arrangement of sound (J) Restricted number of elements conceived globally (K) Limited dialectic among elements (L) Sonic challenges (M) Micro-/macroconstructions Specific piece: in vain Perceptual grammar Closing remarks Notes 3 Listening Listening to experimental music The experimental music blind spot in studies on musical perception The auditory process of E-M music Early-stage perception Late-stage perception Listening survey Results Music training discrimination Cross-genre connections Modes of listening The internal-external immanent domain Towards a multifaceted listening mode The aesthetic attitude Closing remarks Notes 4 Composers and performersDialogues Musical contexts and genres Perception and the space of listening Compositional practice Sound and time Closing remarks Notes 5 The ecstatic-materialist perspective The ecstatic and the materialist Phenomenological materiality: the imprint of sound Ecstatic potential: sound-as-trace External-internal Sound in the ecstatic-materialist perspective Unity Unstable presence Coherence and convergence Personality and intention Intimate temporality and repetition Space-matter: the materiality of space in sound Vertical time: the ecstatic potential of space-matter Musical communication Closing remarks Notes 6 Going beyond sound-in-itself The conceptual and the sensorial-perceptual paradigms Sonic materialism and the philosophical debate around sound The materiality of the ecstatic-materialist perspective The proximal hypothesis: the material presence of space-matter The embodied cognitive level Going beyond sound through sound Notes 7 Epilogue: The ecstatic-materialist perspective in context The ecstatic-materialist context Empowered listening Closing remarks Notes Discography Bibliography Glossary Index

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9781000430288

1000430286

9781000430240

1000430243

9781003132387

1003132383

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40030809061

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