Exploring polyphony in spatial patterns in acousmatic music

Reis, Jaime

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Exploring polyphony in spatial patterns in acousmatic music

2021Book part

datacite.subject.fos	Humanidades::Artes
datacite.subject.sdg	04:Educação de Qualidade
dc.contributor.author	Reis, Jaime
dc.date.accessioned	2025-04-07T14:31:57Z
dc.date.available	2025-04-07T14:31:57Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.description.abstract	The multiplicity of musical practices in Western art music that arose from the technological developments involving the use of electricity applied to music were particularly expressive after the Second World War. Their associated terminologies are varied: musique concrete, Elektronische Musik, acousmatique, cin´ema pour l’oreille, sonic art, among others. For the purpose of this text, their differences will not be tackled, but some of their underlying common characteristics, particularly the use of spatial concepts in acousmatic listening will be discussed. The decision to focus on acousmatic music concepts derives from the fact that most of the mentioned literature and musical concepts are grounded in musical traditions where space is a key element to understand this practice. The focus on many of Annette Vande Gorne’s conceptualizations is not merely for the allusion to her work in the present volume, but rather for her centrality to and legacy within literature and music creation in the acousmatic music world. This text is organized as follows: A theoretical short introduction to the use of space as a parameter in acousmatic music and some of the main perceptive features involved in such practice, followed by a brief description of acousmatic music techniques, such as those presented by Annette Vande Gorne, and their relations to gestures. The final section describes how I have been able in my own music compositions to enhance spatial polyphony through various techniques.	eng
dc.identifier.citation	Reis, J. (2022). Exploring polyphony in spatial patterns in acousmatic music. In E. Tomás Calderón, T. Gorbach, H. Tellioglu, & M. Kaltenbrunner (Eds.), Embodied Gestures (pp. 123–132). TU Wien Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.34727/2022/isbn.978-3-85448-047-1_11
dc.identifier.doi	10.34727/2022/isbn.978-3-85448-047-1_11
dc.identifier.isbn	978-3-85448-047-1
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/21779
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.peerreviewed	yes
dc.publisher	TU Wien Academic Press
dc.relation.hasversion	https://doi.org/10.34727/2021/isbn.978-3-85448-047-1
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject	Expression	eng
dc.subject	Music	eng
dc.subject	Musical experience	eng
dc.title	Exploring polyphony in spatial patterns in acousmatic music	eng
dc.type	book part
dspace.entity.type	Publication
oaire.citation.endPage	132
oaire.citation.startPage	123
oaire.citation.title	Embodied gestures	eng
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