Essays about: "Sound aesthetics"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words Sound aesthetics.
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1. Vibrato. Choices and challenges in Dvořák’s cello concerto
University essay from Lunds universitet/Musikhögskolan i MalmöAbstract : After realising vibrato is such an essential resource in strings and it can affect the quality of sound, I decided to reflect on it. The thesis is divided into two source parts, Vibrato subdivided in definition, terminology, evolution and the four main types and Dvořák subdivided in a brief composer's biography, the evolution in his aesthetics, and the context of composition of the concerto, of which the analysis of its first movement is presented at the end of the chapter. READ MORE
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2. Clear as a Bell : A sensory and aesthetic history of timekeeping and eco-social relations in Uppsala and the world
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : Methods of timekeeping have changed drastically throughout history and especially in the last century, as has humanity’s relationship to nature. Building upon existing research into the history of clocks and clock-time this study sketches a long-term chronology with a novel environmental, sensory, and aesthetic analysis. READ MORE
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3. Being Present with the Sound of Shakuhachi : Finding Tools for Composing Through Improvisation by Using Non-linearity to Focus on Time and Timbre on the Shakuhachi
University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för folkmusikAbstract : The main goal of this thesis was to develop tools and methods for creating new music for the Japanese bamboo flute shakuhachi. Shakuhachi is an end-blown bamboo flute, which has existed in Japan since the seventh century. READ MORE
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4. TANGLED IN A GOLDEN MESH Synesthesia in Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : While synesthesia is generally considered to be a subjective representation of one's perception of the world, this essay seeks to problematise and to extend the notion of synesthesia solely being a trait of subjectivity, suggesting that is also works as a method of connection. In the literary field of modernism the idea of merging the senses into an all-encompassing experience has been prominent and widely explored. READ MORE
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5. The beauty of sound : Timbre as grounds for aesthetic and artistic value in music
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för estetikAbstract : This thesis explores the concept of timbre through the lens of analytic philosophical aesthetics and philosophy of music. I argue that timbre should be thought of as providing the grounds for artistic and aesthetic values in music. To this end and firstly, I critique the physical sense of timbre in favour of two anti-realist senses of timbre. READ MORE
