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| Resource type: Web Article Published ID no. (ISBN etc.): 1473-2866 BibTeX citation key: Corbett2003 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: General Keywords: Organisation, Time Creators: Corbett Collection: Ephemera |
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The organising qualities of sound - how sound is linked to time-keeping. Argues that Western culture has become ocularcentric: where once time was marked by sound (bells etc.) it is now silent (we look at it on our watches).
Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard Last edited by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard |
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p. 273
Paraphrasing Walter Ong (1982): "...sound signals the exercise of power since it must be in active production in order to exist at all. Without movement there is no sound."
Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard
(03/12/2004, 10:36)
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Mentions John Cage's 4'33" and that it explores indeterminancy. Sounds external to the musical score are the actual performance. These (traffic, coughs, birds etc.) are different each time.
Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard
(03/12/2004, 10:36)
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