Biocentric Composition Techniques from the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
| Autor: | Selin, Hannah Claire |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Text |
| DOI: | 10.34944/dspace/10579 |
| Popis: | This dissertation investigates the ways in which contemporary composers engage with nature through music. Through three case studies of compositions by Hildegard Westerkamp, John Luther Adams, and myself, I highlight a toolbox of biocentric composition techniques: techniques for meaningfully incorporating the natural world into music without exploiting it. In the process, I help to define the varied and ever-growing field of biocentric music—a new phrase I have coined to refer to the longstanding tradition of music based in mutual relationships between humans and nature. The three case studies represent a variety of different approaches to biocentric composition in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, many of which involve the use of new technology. I argue that biocentric music is distinguished from other music that deals with nature by its relationality: composers must prioritize building a relationship with their environments as part of the creative process. Without this connection, composers run the risk of harvesting their sonic materials in a way that is analogous to the extraction of other natural resources: for their own benefit and that of their listeners, without consideration for the environment in all its complexities and varied life-forms. Music Composition Ph.D. |
| Databáze: | Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations |
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