Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Little Animals: Compositional Structuring Processes

Little Animals: Compositional Structuring Processes Natasha Barrett Norsk nettverk for Teknologi, Akustikk og Musikk (NoTAM) Postboks 1137-Blindern N-0317 Oslo, Norway Little Animals: Compositional Structuring Processes During the composition of Little Animals, a work I created in 1997 for tape, it was of underlying importance to discover and organize the relationships between musical materials within and outside the real duration of the work. Of most significance was the three-part relationship between the music, its real-world source inspiration, and the listener’s understanding. This is manifest not only in the sound materials, but also in the way the relationships between materials are structured, and how these relationships unfold during the course of the music. The listening process takes place over two time scales: (1) throughout the course of the 13-min piece, during which time a continual flow of sound information interacts with memory, and (2) in the shorter or longer timespan after the piece has finished, where the music is remembered either in relation to itself, to private memories, or to the present environment. During this time I hope the listener can explore a crossover between musical and extramusical or allusive aspects of both sound material and structural totality. Visual and Acoustic Juxtaposition in the Real http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Computer Music Journal MIT Press

Little Animals: Compositional Structuring Processes

Barrett, Natasha
Computer Music Journal , Volume 23 (2) – Jun 1, 1999
Download PDF
8 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/mit-press/little-animals-compositional-structuring-processes-HeiKzEJ62w

References (2)

Publisher
MIT Press
Copyright
© 1999 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Subject
Composition and Performance
ISSN
0148-9267
eISSN
1531-5169
DOI
10.1162/014892699559724
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Natasha Barrett Norsk nettverk for Teknologi, Akustikk og Musikk (NoTAM) Postboks 1137-Blindern N-0317 Oslo, Norway Little Animals: Compositional Structuring Processes During the composition of Little Animals, a work I created in 1997 for tape, it was of underlying importance to discover and organize the relationships between musical materials within and outside the real duration of the work. Of most significance was the three-part relationship between the music, its real-world source inspiration, and the listener’s understanding. This is manifest not only in the sound materials, but also in the way the relationships between materials are structured, and how these relationships unfold during the course of the music. The listening process takes place over two time scales: (1) throughout the course of the 13-min piece, during which time a continual flow of sound information interacts with memory, and (2) in the shorter or longer timespan after the piece has finished, where the music is remembered either in relation to itself, to private memories, or to the present environment. During this time I hope the listener can explore a crossover between musical and extramusical or allusive aspects of both sound material and structural totality. Visual and Acoustic Juxtaposition in the Real

Journal

Computer Music Journal – MIT Press

Published: Jun 1, 1999

There are no references for this article.