The Theatre of Words Set to Music
(2022)
author(s): Lars Skoglund
published in: Norwegian Academy of Music
This doctoral project in artistic research concerns the relationship between music and text when both are created by the same person: a composer writing his own libretti. The project is situated in ‘the everyday’, with commonplace language and daily life situations being examined and explored both thematically and as material.
The combination of music with other elements on the stage has resulted in pieces of music theatre, with a focus on different forms of storytelling. The reflection given withing this exposition describes how the works have evolved and discusses the different impulses that have led to specific artistic and ethical choices.
This exposition is presented in partial fulfillment of the Ph.d.-programmet i kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid at the Norwegian Academy of Music.
What is the Affect of a Merry Genre? The Sonic Organization of Slovenian Folk Pop as a (Non)Balkan Sound
(2022)
author(s): Robert Bobnič, Natalija Majsova, and Jasmina Šepetavc
published in: Journal of Sonic Studies
This article examines Slovenian folk pop: an allegedly “national Slovenian” musical genre and sound. We analyze the political discourses, sonic organization, and affect of Slovenian folk pop, applying the theoretical perspectives of cultural studies, sonic studies, and affect studies, to decouple the affect of Slovenian folk pop from spontaneously ideological associations with the nation and its borders. We advocate for a layered analytical lens accounting for the sonic and sociocultural dimensions of music, concluding that analyses of modern, (seemingly) locally-specific genres, should consider how and to what ends affect is territorialized and inscribed into the framework of the nation.
Den klingande verklighetens föränderlighet: Mot ett vidgat gestaltningsutrymme
(2022)
author(s): Tomas Löndahl
published in: Research Catalogue
This exposition is part of Tomas Löndahl's doctoral dissertation "The Changeability of Sounding Reality: Towards an Expanded Space for Interpretation" and consists of two series of experiments with works by the Swedish composer Ludvig Norman (1831–1885).
The discovery of Ludovicus Mirandolle’s manuscripts
(2022)
author(s): Stefan Woudenberg
published in: KC Research Portal
The discovery of Ludovicus Mirandolle’s manuscripts
Sonic Silhouettes Musical Movement
(2022)
author(s): Winnie Huang
published in: Research Catalogue
An overview on musical-gestural artistic researcher identity and perspective through understanding the role of the artistic body through the exploration of various theories which clarify the performer’s physical presence, embodied interdisciplinary possibilities and collaborative processes.
The instrument apparatus: a prepared clarinet perspective
(2022)
author(s): Chiara Percivati
published in: Research Catalogue
The text discusses one of the different ways in which prepared instruments come to us: the form of an apparatus. Following the distinction proposed by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary (and by most other dictionaries analyzed), I will discuss the behavior of the instrument as an apparatus: 1. as a system or net; 2. in the Foucauldian sense, as a functional system of knowledge and power relations.
