Musical caves. Le chant d'Isturitz, towards an ecology of music creation

Jean-Baptiste des Boscs

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In the caves of Isturitz and Oxocelhaya were founded some pieces of art (paintings, engravings mainly), objects including bone flutes, signs (red dots) on the walls left by our ancestors during the upper Paleolithic. More than an eldorado for archeologists, the Great Hall of the caves of Isturitz has very good properties of resonance (six seconds of reverberation, seven echoes, and high quality of the overtones’ reverberation). Musical improvisations were experienced in this hall with a cello and a barytone voice, and astonishing results were obtained. After the time of the experimentations, came the writing process and a piece for cellist was created and named Le chant d’Isturitz. The overall idea behind this research is the will to create and perform music by taking into account the specificities and subtleties of a resonant and natural place.

type	research exposition
keywords	echo, resonance, acoustic, composition, composer as performer, ecology, painted caves, prehistory, nature, Cello, Cello solo, overtones, reverberation, Beyond Discipline, parietal art
date	21/11/2021
published	11/07/2022
last modified	11/07/2022
status	limited publication
share status	private
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license	CC BY-NC-ND
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1430372/1515990
published in	KC Research Portal
portal issue	3. Internal publication

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