Parker Dixon, M. (2011) Dwelling and the sacralisation of the air: A note on acousmatic music. Organised Sound, 16(2), pp. 115-119. (doi: 10.1017/S1355771811000057)
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Abstract
This paper adapts Martin Heidegger’s philosophy of ‘dwelling’ in order to effect a liaison between acousmatic music and ecological concern. I propose this as an alternative to both the propagandist use of music as a means of protest and to using the science of ecology as a domain that might furnish new compositional means. I advance the interpretation that acousmatic music ‘occupies the air’ in ways that transform the meaning of that dimension. It allows the sky to be sky and the earth, earth. I use the precedent of bell ringing as an example of sonic activity that occupies the air in order to further
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Dixon, Dr Martin |
Authors: | Parker Dixon, M. |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BH Aesthetics M Music and Books on Music > M Music |
College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Culture and Creative Arts > Music |
Journal Name: | Organised Sound |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
ISSN: | 1355-7718 |
ISSN (Online): | 1469-8153 |
Published Online: | 28 June 2011 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2011 Cambridge University Press |
First Published: | First published in Organised Sound 2011 16(2):115-119 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher |
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