Search for dissertations about: "composer"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the word composer.

  2. 1. Becoming Cyborg Composer : The Ecology of Digital Music Composition Didaktik

    Author : Jonas Asplund; Ketil Thorgersen; Cecilia Ferm Almqvist; Cecilia Wallerstedt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Music education; Music composition; Digitalisation; Posthumanism; Didaktik; ämnesdidaktik med inriktning mot de estetiska ämnenas didaktik; Teaching and Learning with Specialisation in the Arts Education;

    Abstract : The aim of this licentiate thesis is to explore the sociomaterial relationality of music composition education with digital hardware/software and its outcomes. Two studies were conducted interleaved as original articles in the thesis. READ MORE

  4. 2. A Composite Modernist Composer : A Study of Intersections between Composition, Theorizing, and Performance in Olivier Messiaen

    Author : Jonas Lundblad; Johannes Brusila; Edward Campbell; Åbo Akademi University Psychology and Theology Faculty of Arts Musicology; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Olivier Messiaen; musical modernism; performance; composition; aesthetics; theory; Musikvetenskap; Musicology;

    Abstract : Different professional roles within music change over time. The evolution of modernism in twentieth century art music elevated the composer to the pinnacle of musical creativity. Accomplished modernist composers came to be regarded as intellectuals, and were expected to hold rational conceptions of their individual styles. READ MORE

  5. 3. Matthias Weckmann: the interpretation of his organ music

    Author : Hans Davidsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Matthias Weckmann ca. 1616–1674 ; biography; composer; organist; Germany; Dresden; Hamburg; Denmark; organ works; music analysis; interpretation; historically–informed performance practice; manuscripts;

    Abstract : The dissertation presents an interpretation of the complete organ works of Matthias Weckmann primarily for the performer and in the spirit of historically-informed performance practice. The process of creating this interpretation was documented in writings, recordings, concerts, and a new edition of the free organ works. READ MORE

  6. 4. Monsters I Love : On Multivocal Arts

    Author : Alex Nowitz; Rolf Hughes; Sten Sandell; Åse Tone; Stockholms konstnärliga högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Music; acousmatic and disembodied voice; æsthetics of uncertainty and in-between; composer-performer; contemporary vocal performance art; custom musical instrument DIY ; digital musical instrument DMI ; electronic and electroacoustic music; expanding the field of vocal performance art; extended vocal techniques; extending the voice; gesture-controlled live electronics; improvisation and real-time composition; inclusive vocal performance practises; interactive sound and music; multidirectional listening; multivocality; multivocal voice; new vocality; sampling practises for vocal and musical improvisation; schizophonic practices; sensor-based and computer-based technology; singer-composer; sound art; sound technology; STEIM; strophonion; vocal materiality and liminality; vocal personas; vocal sound dance; wireless technology; Performativa och mediala praktiker; Performative and media based practices; Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts in Performative and Media Based Practices with Specialisation in Opera; Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts in Performative and Media Based Practices with Specialisation in Opera;

    Abstract : Proposing a ‘multivocal practice’ in the vocal arts, this exposition (documented artistic research project) embodies an inclusive approach to four core categories for the contemporary performance voice: the singing, speaking, extended and disembodied voice. The culmination of a four-year PhD project in the Performative and mediated practices, with specializations in choreography/film and media/opera /performing arts, it documents artistic research sub-projects through the presentation of multimedia material, interweaving performance recordings with reflection and informative threads. READ MORE

  7. 5. Sounds Unheard of: Evolutionary algorithms as creative tools for the contemporary composer

    Author : Palle Dahlstedt; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; evolutionary algorithms; interactive evolution; music composition; sound synthesis; non-linear dynamics; music composition;

    Abstract : Evolutionary algorithms are studied as tools for generating novel musical material in the form of musical scores and synthesized sounds. The choice of genetic representation defines a space of potential music. This space is explored using evolutionary algorithms, in search of useful musical material. READ MORE