Electronic music evokes new sensations, feelings, and thoughts in both composers and listeners. Opening the door to an unlimited universe of sound, it engages spatialization as an integral aspect of composition and focuses on sound transformation as a core structural strategy. In this new domain, pitch occurs as a flowing and ephemeral substance that can be bent, modulated, or dissolved into noise. Similarly, time occurs not merely as a fixed duration subdivided by ratios, but as a plastic medium that can be generated, modulated, reversed, warped, scrambled, and granulated. Envelope and waveform undulations on all time scales interweave to generate form. The power of algorithmic methods amplify the capabilities of music technology. Taken together, these constitute game-changing possibilities.
Third Movement of Luciano Berio’s Sinfonia as a Musical Palimpsest
Source(s) of analysis: Score Musical work: Sinfonia, Symphony No. 2 in C Minor Year of creation: 1884-1895, 1968-1969 Composer's name: Gustav Mahler, Luciano Berio Methods of analysis: Other
Target Group / Study LevelLevel of music analysis knowledge: Advanced
Study cycle: Master, PhD and professional
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