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"Rainpiece": A Modular Work for Flute, Harp, Viola, and Live Electronics

Description: Rainpiece is a composition for flute, viola, harp, and computer, cyclic and open in form, and inviting collaborative improvisation by instrumentalists and computer operator together. It is also a study of water, from torrential downpours and bubbling springs to rivers and waterfalls. The movement of water through the phases of the water cycle is the central metaphor guiding the cyclic and theoretically endless structure of the work. Rainpiece is also a model of community, collaboration, and abo… more
Date: July 2023
Creator: Tempio, Madeline Grace
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Resonant Ecologies: Exploring Interrelationships between Ecological Disciplines and Music Composition

Description: The histories of acoustic ecology, field recording, and soundscape composition are intertwined. This combination of disciplines has lead to the potential for powerful insights, but an over-emphasis on music composition using recorded sound has to led to some problematic tendencies in the study of soundscapes. I begin by tracing the development of acoustic ecology and related disciplines, leading to a proposal for a practice of acoustic ecology that centers the study of all sounds from an ecolog… more
Date: July 2023
Creator: Gerard, Garrison C.
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"Utterances": Approaching a New Acousmatic Praxis

Description: This dissertation is a thorough examination of the problems modern composers of electronic music face when writing or discussing acousmatic music as derived from Pierre Schaeffer. By taking a close examination of Schaeffer's own writings on the subjects of reduced listening and acousmatic sounds, I illustrate the difficulties and inconsistencies in Schaeffer's philosophy and the problems that his reliance on Husserl's phenomenology creates. Further examination of criticisms of Husserl from Derr… more
Date: July 2023
Creator: Smith, Jonathan Andrew
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"Music for the End of the World": Sound, Nature, and the Anthropocene

Description: In this document, I discuss the creative process of a piece for instruments, electronics, and video titled Music for the End of the World in the context of the Anthropocene and music's relationship with it. The document is divided into two parts: Part I, divided into three chapters, is a critical essay and Part II, the score for Music for the End of the World. In the first two chapters, I present the conceptual basis for the creation of the piece and discuss relevant musical references. In the … more
Date: July 2023
Creator: Macedo de Castro Lima, Marcel
Partner: UNT Libraries
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