Electronic music is here to stay - or is it?
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publisher
SEA International, the Australian Network for Art & Technology and the University of Sydney
Faculty
Faculty of Education and Arts
School
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)
RAS ID
16405
Abstract
Musical composers frequently make use of new technologies in instrumentation. Whilst orchestral traditions remain strong and the instruments viable, what of the works of composers of electronic music where the sound sources have fallen into disrepair, obsolescence, or modern technology has changed the sound so that it bears no relation to the original? Beyond collections of manuscripts and recordings, the practicalities of the re-performance of electronic music compositions have not been widely discussed, and no methodology for archiving the artefacts for re-performability exists. In time, as greater importance is placed on these works, the issue will become more difficult to retrospectively resolve.
Access Rights
free_to_read
Comments
Travers, M. & Hope, C. (2013). Electronic music is here to stay - or is it?. In Cleland, K., Fisher, L. & Harley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Electronic Art, ISEA2013, Sydney. Original paper available here