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Studio Magic: The Process, Value, And Ethics Of Remastering, Julian D. Anderson
Studio Magic: The Process, Value, And Ethics Of Remastering, Julian D. Anderson
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ABSTRACT
Due to the growth of recording technology, recorded music has become the most common form of music listening. Having high-fidelity audio is as important on audience perception of the music as the composition and the musical interpretation. As the process of recording and the final medium of the recording have advanced, the fidelity of the audio has increased, thus decreasing the listener’s awareness of the recording itself and bringing their attention to the music. However, older media is reparable to the extent that it can be remastered to decrease scrutiny on the product. What is worth remastering? What is …
Program Notes And Translations, Kelly Frailly
Program Notes And Translations, Kelly Frailly
Honors Projects
This project consists of program notes about sixteen pieces of music that I publically performed on April 10th, 2016. These notes are comprised of research done about each piece on the program, its composer, the history of the era in which the song or aria was composed, and an analysis of the text. The pieces ranged from Baroque operatic arias all the way to twenty-first century musical theater works. I have also included translations of all of the foreign language pieces.