Composition as Artistic Device

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Abstract

In this essay I elaborate on different approaches to music composition that show movements of expansion of the music discipline towards the real, lived world. These happen through mechanisms that incorporate what are usually considered extra-musical elements into the musical work. From programme music, to musique concrète, soundscape composition and more recent artistic manifestations that reflect attempts to mean outside the work, this article traverses notions such as autonomy, relational and conceptual music, expansion of the field, and the dispositif to understand how these mechanisms operate. Finally, I will reflect on an artistic device for music creation, that may work as an interface between work and world, giving some examples of my own work.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPerspectives on Music, Sound and Musicology
EditorsLuísa Correia Castilho, Rui Dias, José Francisco Pinho
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Pages153-168
Number of pages15
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-78451-5
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-78450-8
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Publication series

NameCurrent Research in Systematic Musicology
Volume10

Keywords

  • Music composition
  • Artistic device
  • Interface

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