The Harpsichord and the Embodied Acousmatic
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In this chapter I discuss the principles underlying the composition of my piece INT/ext, for harpsichord and tape (1991). I focus particularly on my personal understanding of key principles of acousmatic music (that is, fixed-medium sonic art heard only on loudspeakers) and explain how these relate to music for the harpsichord. I explain how INT/ext is a practical outworking of an embodied model of acousmatic sound in which both harpsichord and electronic parts contain within themselves the sonic traces of three essential and interdependent elements: agent, sounding body and space.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Harpsichord Reimagined |
| Subtitle of host publication | Resonances in Contemporary Music |
| Editors | John Palmer, Jane Chapman |
| Publisher | Vision Edition |
| ISBN (print) | 978-1-0687122-1-0 |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2025 |