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  2. 1. Orchestrating timbre – Unfolding processes of timbre and memory in improvisational piano performance

    Author : Magdalena Mayas; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; extended timbre; improvisation; composition; inside piano; prepared piano; listening; timbral memory; spatialization; gesture; choreography; musical perception; embodied musical performance; artistic research;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis presents how the orchestration of timbre is investigated from a performer’s perspective as means to “unfold” improvisational processes. It is grounded in my practice as a pianist in the realm of improvised music, in which I often use preparations and objects as extensions of the instrument. READ MORE

  4. 2. Virtual virtuosity

    Author : Roberto Bresin; KTH; []
    Keywords : music; performance; expression; interpretation; piano; automatic; artificial neural networks; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : This dissertation presents research in the field ofautomatic music performance with a special focus on piano. A system is proposed for automatic music performance, basedon artificial neural networks (ANNs). READ MORE

  5. 3. Talk on Musical Interpretation — Visual Tools for Perceived Dynamics and Points of Gravity

    Author : Ingemar Fridell; Musikhögskolan i Malmö; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; communication of musical issues; visual tools; perceived dynamics; melody phrasing; points of gravity; visual illustrations; musical experiences; Musical interpretation;

    Abstract : Typical for Western classical music is the process of interpreting and conveying a written score into sounding music. However, sometimes the communication of musical issues between musicians may be experienced as aggravating. READ MORE

  6. 4. Johann Andreas Stein’s 1781 Claviorganum and the Construction of Art in Eighteenth-Century Augsburg

    Author : Robin Blanton; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Patrick Alströmer; Augsburg; claviorgan; Carl Philip Emanuel Bach; Empfindsamkeit; fortepiano; Gothenburg; music aesthetics; Prellzungenmechanik; public sphere; Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart; Johann Andreas Stein; Paul von Stetten the Younger; 18 century;

    Abstract : The latter half of the eighteenth century saw the piano’s rise in popularity in Europe, and alongside it many one-of-a-kind keyboard instruments that used the new technology of the hammer action in innovative ways. Recent scholarship revises the older view of these inventions as bizarre “dead ends,” suggesting that like the piano, they filled contemporary musical needs. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Melody Phrasing Curve : A Visual Tool for Illustrating Perceived Musical Dynamics

    Author : Ingemar Fridell; Musikhögskolan i Malmö; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; melody line; musical dynamics; Melody phrasing; perception; interpretation; visual tools; musical communication; performance;

    Abstract : In Western classical music traditions, conventional ways of considering melody have been established. The tones of a melody phrase might be experienced as building up a continuous line moving between dynamical culmination points and relaxation points. In this study, a special visual tool called the Melody phrasing curve (MPhC) has been tested. READ MORE