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Sound is at heart full of difference. There is no such thing as a static sound. Even the simplest timbre, a single sine wave without overtones, comes about through differences: the push and pull of air molecules as the soundwave …
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Die Improvisation und der Komponist. Eine In-ein-ander-Setzung. “Aber in gewisser weise trauere ich über etwas, das damit zu tun hat, daß, sagen wir, Schubert mich verlassen hat,” Morton Feldman Als Komponist, wie viele andere um seine materielle Existenz …
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With his well known story about two sounds heard in an anechoic chamber, John Cage reminds us that there is no actual silence where listening (namely the phenomenology of sensing or hearing vibration) is taking place. Two remarkable observations follow …
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A selection of refreshments for composers (and other people).
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Ik kan me niet herinneren dat ik ooit gecomponeerd heb zonder het besef van mijn muzikale repertoirekennis. Het enige wat ik me van de vroege jaren herinner, behalve dus al het imiteren, was de uitvinding van de 3/8-maat. Ik had …
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