Marcel Cobussen

Netherlands °1962
research interests: sound studies, continental philosophy, improvisation, music aesthetics, New Materialism
affiliation: Leiden University
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Marcel Cobussen is Full Professor of Auditory Culture and Music Philosophy at Leiden University (theNetherlands) and the Orpheus Institute in Ghent (Belgium). He studied jazz piano at the Conservatory of Rotterdam and Art and Cultural Studies at Erasmus University Rotterdam (the Netherlands).

 

Cobussen is author of several books, among them The Field of Musical Improvisation (LUP 2017), Music and Ethics (Ashgate 2012/Routledge 2017, co-author Nanette Nielsen), and Thresholds. Rethinking Spirituality Through Music (Ashgate 2008). He is editor of The Handbook of Sonic Methodologies (Bloomsbury 2020, co-editor Michael Bull), The Routledge Companion to Sounding Art (Routledge 2016, co-editors Barry Truax and Vincent Meelberg) and Resonanties. Verkenningen tussen kunsten en wetenschappen (LUP 2011).  He is editor-in-chief of the open access online Journal of Sonic Studies (www.sonicstudies.org). His PhD dissertation Deconstruction in Music (Erasmus University Rotterdam 2002) is presented as an online website located at www.deconstruction-in-music.com.

 

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  • What do the urban soundscapes of a city represent? Case studies in Bangkok and Hong Kong ／ 都市聲音有何個性？ 考察曼谷和香港之城市聲景 (2016) author(s): KA HO CHEUNG, Marcel Cobussen published in: Journal of Sonic Studies
    Urban soundscapes convey the cultural codes, history and collective memory of a society. Bangkok and Hong Kong are two open societies in Southeast Asia, within which local and imported auditory cultures co-exist, correlating to the demographics, cultural heritage, and recent geopolitical, economic and social transformations. Nevertheless, studies of their distinctive sonic phenomena are underrepresented in the field of sound studies. Encompassing street music, ritual activities, boxing matches, fresh produce markets, shopping arcades, commuting systems and various public spaces in Bangkok and Hong Kong, this article introduces case studies and contextualizes some distinct urban soundscapes, employing first-hand audio footage, as an initial pathway for building an auditory acquaintance with the region. 城市聲景蘊含社會的文化符號，歷史與集體回憶。曼谷和香港乃東南亞之開放城市，其本土與外來的聽覺文化並存，繫於族群分佈，文化傳承，地緣正治，社會經濟的演變。然而，聲音研究暫未對此題目有廣泛涉獵。有鑑於此，本文收納兩城市之街頭音樂，祭祀活動，鮮活市場，運輸系統，商場，拳賽，運輸系統，公共空間，就其聲景設案考察，為充實東南亞之聽覺智識引路。
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  • Een geluidsbelevingsonderzoek naar de radarpost in Wier (2024) author(s): Marcel Cobussen published in: Journal of Sonic Studies
    Tussen oktober 2023 en juni 2024 hebben Marcel Cobussen (Universiteit Leiden) en Tjeerd Andringa (SoundAppraisal) in opdracht van het Ministerie van Defensie een geluidsbelevingsonderzoek gedaan naar de radarpost in Wier.
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  • Geluid en geluidsbeleving in Vlietland (2024) author(s): Marcel Cobussen published in: Journal of Sonic Studies
    Van september tot en met december 2024 heeft Marcel Cobussen (Universiteit Leiden), gedeeltelijk in samenwerking met enkele collega’s en in opdracht van de Provincie Zuid-Holland een geluids(belevings)onderzoek gedaan naar de actuele en mogelijk toekomstige geluidsomgeving in Vlietland, met nadruk op tracédelen 1 en 2.
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Exposition: Playing Schumann Again for the First Time (23/01/2024) by Bobby Mitchell
Marcel Cobussen 26/03/2019 at 10:43

An investigation of improvisation in the Western tradition, therefore, would be more illuminating of this tradition if it concentrated

 

Is this quote correct, either YOUR representation or S-V's English? I'm struggling with this "of this tradition"


Exposition: Playing Schumann Again for the First Time (23/01/2024) by Bobby Mitchell
Marcel Cobussen 25/03/2019 at 15:17

where classical music was practiced


Exposition: Playing Schumann Again for the First Time (23/01/2024) by Bobby Mitchell
Marcel Cobussen 25/03/2019 at 15:17

where classical music was practiced


Exposition: Playing Schumann Again for the First Time (23/01/2024) by Bobby Mitchell
Marcel Cobussen 25/03/2019 at 15:16

where classical music was practiced


Exposition: Playing Schumann Again for the First Time (23/01/2024) by Bobby Mitchell
Marcel Cobussen 25/03/2019 at 15:15

An investigation of improvisation in the Western tradition, therefore, would be more illuminating of this tradition if it concentrated not on what makes the periods that allowed for the practice of improvisation exceptional, but rather on what makes the short period that excluded it--roughly from the second half of the nineteenth century to the first half of the twentieth century—exceptional. (Sancho-Velázquez 2001, 83)

 

Is this really a correct quote: the "of this tradition" looks completely weird here


Exposition: Playing Schumann Again for the First Time (23/01/2024) by Bobby Mitchell
Marcel Cobussen 25/03/2019 at 15:10

Schumann was in the midst of all of this musical practice that was completely saturated with improvisation, and I believe that this reality offers full justification for using his music as a starting point for practicing improvisation today.

 

The last part of this sentence (after "improvisation") has to be altered completely. NEVER use BELIEVE in a dissertation. It is not BELIEF, you have provided (or should provide) EVIDENCE, so you have ARGUED or PROVEN something. 

That it justifies what you write is outside of the context of this chapter and can thius be omitted