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Extra-Musical Meanings and Spectromorphology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Dante Tanzi
Dante Tanzi*
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Via Felice Masini 16 – 28066 Galliate (No) Italia
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E-mail: dante.tanzi@gmail.com
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Abstract

Denis Smalley devoted himself to the elaboration of a method based on the analysis of spectral transformations by connoting sonorous motions and adopting metaphors borrowed from non-musical contexts. While considering Smalley's earlier theorising within the context of past and contemporary research, this paper focuses on the use of non-musical models in spectromorphological design in order to show how sonorous qualities, imaginative factors and extra-musical meanings concurred in defining new cognitive itineraries and in extending the terminology adopted, thereby establishing the basis of a new compositional approach.

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Organised Sound , Volume 16 , Issue 1: Denis Smalley: his influence on the theory and practice of electroacoustic music , April 2011 , pp. 36 - 41
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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