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This paper examines the aesthetic impetus for Milton Babbitt’s rhythmic systems of composition and his use of complex rhythmic strata. The author examines the history of two of Babbitt’s early works including synthesizer with live... more
Nowadays, children grow up in a digital-cultural environment that forms their music experiences. However, the traditional music educational methods, as they were designed many decades ago, they do not involve new technologies or the use... more
Introduzione alla figura di Paolo Ketoff e ad aspetti tencici, estetici e storici della produzione del Synket, il primo sintetizzatore portatile prodotto in Europa per l'American Academy in Rome nel 1965. Con l'epistolario di Paolo Ketoff... more
This paper discusses the work of the Prisma project, which happened between 1984 and 1987 and whose main purpose was to introduce synthesizers and MIDI technologies to the tradition called música popular brasileira (‘Brazilian popular... more
"[per abstract esteso in italiano, v. sotto] My Ph.D. research focuses on the interactions between electroacoustic avant-garde music and the production of sound and music for films in Italy during the 1960s. I contribute to shed new... more
A session co-organized with Michael Johnsen and Matt Rogalsky. A detailed examination of Tudor’s extant electronic instruments now archived at Wesleyan will be presented, along with discussions on research methodology, historical context,... more
Modern technology in practical musicianship as an aid to perceptual training and a precursor of vocational skills on the industrial front.
In 1989, Forrest Warthman, an engineer/technical writer based in Palo Alto, attended a concert of Merce Cunningham Dance Company at UC Berkeley. Not knowing much about experimental music that was the Company’s trademark, Warthman was... more
O presente trabalho busca compreender a relação entre o compositor de música eletroacústica e o desenvolvimento dos instrumentos eletroacústicos, em especial a influência dos sintetizadores na música gerada. Adentramos especialmente na... more
The presentation, given during the development of my work on 'modal narratives' [see https://www.academia.edu/915329/Scenarios_and_counterfactuals_as_modal_narratives] explores the susceptibility of the history of the development of the... more