Unfolding time: perceiving speed in music as resulting from the interactions of discrete musical layers
Unfolding time: perceiving speed in music as resulting from the interactions of discrete musical layers
Through the composition of five new works, I attempt to develop compositional methods that might better allow the creation of a more palpable sensation of time within the listeners. I then examine my compositional language, developed incrementally through the composition process for these five works, inspecting the possible implications for understanding a listener's perception and cognition of musical time.
Via the repetitions of ideas in my compositions from numerous focal points and depths of focus, I also apply researched ideas, to further examine the complex interrelations between a listener's memory, attention, expectations, and the resultant information levels and hierarchical structures that they perceive. In addition to this, I investigate the role of perceptual pivot points in one's categorical understanding of musical processes. My goal is to address these issues in a way that should advance a better temporal communication with an audience.
Christensen, Justin
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September 2012
Christensen, Justin
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Christensen, Justin
(2012)
Unfolding time: perceiving speed in music as resulting from the interactions of discrete musical layers.
University of Southampton, Faculty of Humanities, Doctoral Thesis, 121pp.
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Through the composition of five new works, I attempt to develop compositional methods that might better allow the creation of a more palpable sensation of time within the listeners. I then examine my compositional language, developed incrementally through the composition process for these five works, inspecting the possible implications for understanding a listener's perception and cognition of musical time.
Via the repetitions of ideas in my compositions from numerous focal points and depths of focus, I also apply researched ideas, to further examine the complex interrelations between a listener's memory, attention, expectations, and the resultant information levels and hierarchical structures that they perceive. In addition to this, I investigate the role of perceptual pivot points in one's categorical understanding of musical processes. My goal is to address these issues in a way that should advance a better temporal communication with an audience.
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Published date: September 2012
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