Multi-channel formats in electroacoustic composition: Acoustic space as a carrier of musical structure
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The purpose of this paper is to examine and compare multi-channel compositional practices in the scope of electroacoustic music and discuss arising issues regarding compositional methodology, rationale, performance and dissemination of multi-channel works with examples drawn from the author’s compositional output. The paper describes principal theories of musical space and draws parallels between those and compositional practices whilst discussing the articulation of acoustic space as another expressive dimension in the musical language with reference to specific multi-channel formats.
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