Essays about: "Music Philosophy"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the words Music Philosophy.

1. 6. Understanding Reification in the Composition of New Concert Music

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle

   Author : Christopher Pantelidis; [2021]
   Keywords : Composition; Reification; Music; Music Philosophy; Ethnography; Audio Paper; Concert Works; Stimulated Recall; Metaphor;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the relationships that exist between reification, the conceptualisation of music, and the composition of new concert music. In general terms, reification can be described as the mental process of conceiving abstract concepts as tangible and concrete things. READ MORE

3. 7. “Music is Feeling” : Tarab: a Phenomenon of Arab Musical Culture

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för musikvetenskap

   Author : Darin Kahel; [2021]
   Keywords : tarab; maqam; takht; saltanah; طرب، مقام، تخت، سلطنة;

   Abstract : This essay examines tarab, an Arab musical tradition deeply rooted in the Near East region, and evaluated by listeners based on its emotional effect. Tarab culture has been influenced by westernization, forces of globalization, postcolonial nationalism, and modernism since the early 20th-century, which significantly changed the face of this musical culture by the end of the century. READ MORE

4. 8. Seduced by (a) last year : Interdisciplinary Music Motivated by Non-Idiomatic Improvisation, The Non-Productive Attitude, and Pluralist Aesthetics

   University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för jazz

   Author : Andreas Hiroui Larsson; [2020]
   Keywords : interdisciplinary music motivated by art and philosophy; personal narrative; metaphor; non-idiomatic improvisation; the non-productive attitude; pluralist aesthetics; performative writing;

   Abstract : In my master’s project I investigated an interdisciplinary musical practice based on my artistic and educational background in art, music and philosophy. I chose one concept per discipline: non-idiomatic improvisation from the field of music, the non-productive attitude from art, and pluralist aesthetics from philosophy. READ MORE

5. 9. A Buyer-Seller Protocol with Watermarking for Cloud Streaming : Towards an Ecosystem for Media Streaming

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

   Author : Johan Björklund; [2017]
   Keywords : buyer-seller protocol; watermarking; blockchain;

   Abstract : This work shares purpose with new directions in the philosophy of intellectual property, where self-expression and participation in the creation of culture are seen as key ingredients of human wellbeingand autonomy. A technical solution is explored that enables major labels and independent creatorsto publish music with equal reach to audiences, without the need for trusted third parties. READ MORE

6. 10. Technics and Music : some remarks on the process of exteriorization in music

   University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för komposition, dirigering och musikteori

   Author : Matouš Hejl; [2017]
   Keywords : technics; technology; composition; computer music; algorithmic composition; electronic music; philosophy and music; Bernard Stiegler; aesthetics; musical time; technical systems in composition; pharmakon; speculative computation;

   Abstract : The delegating of thought, memory and action outside of the human body, inseparable from the process of individuation and identity formation, and the following implications for music establish an underlying theme of this text. It is a reflection on the process of "supplementation," of prosthetization or exteriorization in the recent and contemporary milieu of music making, in which nothing is any longer immediately at hand, where everything is found mediated and instrumentalized, technicized, unbalanced. READ MORE