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Emerging Musical Structures: A Method For The Transcription And Analysis Of Electroacoustic Music, Mario Mazzoli
Emerging Musical Structures: A Method For The Transcription And Analysis Of Electroacoustic Music, Mario Mazzoli
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This dissertation proposes a method for transcribing "electroacoustic" music, and subsequently a number of methods for its analysis, utilizing the transcription as main ground for investigation. The core of the investigation is on pieces that seem particularly resistant to traditional musical analysis, as they present at least three crucial differences with respect to the "standard" repertoire: they utilize (completely or in part) non-pitched sounds, they focus on timbre avoiding traditional strategies of pitch and rhythm organization, and they are not traditionally notated. Pieces by Agostino di Scipio and Douglas Henderson serve as case studies to demonstrate the efficacy of the …