Music, Recording, and the Art of Interpretation

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Draper, Paul
Emmerson, Stephen
Year published
2009
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For millennia, music has been a performance-based artform open to continuous variation and reinterpretation. More recently however, industrialisation has allowed for the mass-production of sound recordings, in turn bringing conjecture about the changed nature of music reception in society. This article reflects on related practice-based work by its authors and examines aspects of music production and representation. Technically, this is approached through a range of multi-track recording and sound treatment processes. Artistically, the sound productions highlight aspects of musical compositions, their scores and performances ...
View more >For millennia, music has been a performance-based artform open to continuous variation and reinterpretation. More recently however, industrialisation has allowed for the mass-production of sound recordings, in turn bringing conjecture about the changed nature of music reception in society. This article reflects on related practice-based work by its authors and examines aspects of music production and representation. Technically, this is approached through a range of multi-track recording and sound treatment processes. Artistically, the sound productions highlight aspects of musical compositions, their scores and performances in order to explicitly communicate emotional interpretation and ongoing research into artistic practice.
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View more >For millennia, music has been a performance-based artform open to continuous variation and reinterpretation. More recently however, industrialisation has allowed for the mass-production of sound recordings, in turn bringing conjecture about the changed nature of music reception in society. This article reflects on related practice-based work by its authors and examines aspects of music production and representation. Technically, this is approached through a range of multi-track recording and sound treatment processes. Artistically, the sound productions highlight aspects of musical compositions, their scores and performances in order to explicitly communicate emotional interpretation and ongoing research into artistic practice.
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CreateWorld 2008: The Art of Serious Play. The Serious Art of Play
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