Articles by tag "Music analysis"

Listening to Noise and Listening to Oneself: An Analysis of Peter Ablinger’s Orgel und Rauschen

Peter Ablinger’s innovative use of noise has provided a unique contribution to new music. In his composition, static noise (Rauschen) is not explored for the sake of expanding the sound palette but for its provocative potential as a “screen” onto which listeners project their imaginations. In order to show how...
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The Dialectics of Gerd Kühr’s Corona-Meditation: An Analytical Essay

Gerd Kühr’s Corona-Meditation premiered on April 30, 2020, in a transnational online performance with more than 50 musicians, hosted by the Graz-based music festival Styriarte. The piece, written for a variable and unlimited number of pianists, is a creative response by Kühr to the social and cultural consequences of the...
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