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A study of the relationship between compositional strategies and the development of music technology
Author
Soo, Hwee Leng
Supervisor
Howard, John
Abstract
The development of music technology has come to a point where it is possible to produce surrogates of the human performer and composer. Instead of listening to someone play or sing, one can now go to a concert where the only performers are loudspeakers. In place of the 'person' testing some notes at the piano, humming a tune and 'scribbling' on a piece of paper, it is now possible that a machine can author those 'scribbles' and produce them as compositions. These examples illustrating the contemporary applications of technology pose certain problems to what were traditionally accepted as organic creative processes and therefore, merit critical considerations.
In this paper, the writer shall survey some aspects of electroacoustic composition which have been affected by the application of electronic resources. It is also in the design of this exercise to identify factors that might have created certain difficulties for the individual composer allying with such a highly evolved medium. Having identified these factors, the writer would suggest a critical evaluation of the relationship between composers and technology.
In this paper, the writer shall survey some aspects of electroacoustic composition which have been affected by the application of electronic resources. It is also in the design of this exercise to identify factors that might have created certain difficulties for the individual composer allying with such a highly evolved medium. Having identified these factors, the writer would suggest a critical evaluation of the relationship between composers and technology.
Date Issued
1998
Call Number
MT41 Soo
Date Submitted
1998