How something is born, lives and dies

Orestis Karamanlis (1)

1 Department of History and Philosophy of Science

This article describes a compositional strategy that is applicable to tape, mixed or live electroacoustic pieces. It suggests that envelopes can function as musical motives similar to the old traditional fashion. A particular energy-shape can be viewed as the common denominator around which complex gestures can evolve and group together forming higher-level structural blocks. The transformation of these shapes and their merging into an architectural whole takes after the homogeneity of traditional musical forms, yet the thematic evolution using electroacoustic techniques provides an entirely different musical utterance for the composer. The strategy is exemplified by analysing a recent composition for Santur and live electronics running on SuperCollider.

Mots clés: electroacoustic; supercollider; live electronics; mixed media; composition

Domaines: Musique, musicologie et arts de la scène

Orestis Karamanlis. How something is born, lives and dies. eContact!, 2010. ⟨hal-03625062⟩