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SKETCH OF AESTHETICS



This and the next five pages are budstikke, a collection of sound and text that descibes areas that interest me personally about Norwegian slått music. The words below embody a free sketch I have used in my practice; exaggerated dichotomies of aesthestic ideals in the performance traditions.





Folk music performance

Classical romantic performance

the low voiced

the grandiose

the close

the voluminous

the subtle

the virtuoso

the oblique

the even

the uneven

the polished

the rough

the wet

the dry

the shining

the coarse

the emotional

the every day

the espressive

the trivial

the monumental

the simple

etc...

etc...

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