How Listening-based Analysis Can Aid the
Appreciation and Understanding of Electroacoustic Music This keynote talk will
take on the challenging task of attempting to address the issues of the purpose
and the value of electroacoustic music analysis. To this end, the author will
look at the state of affairs – as well as the presentations of the day – from a
distance. Why do we bother to analyse electroacoustic works? Similar to many contemporary
experimental musical works, we are often introduced to the ‘what’ and the ‘how’
of the works’ construction by analysts, but too rarely with the ‘why’. It will
be proposed that the ‘why’ of analysis may hold the key towards this aspect of
electroacoustic music studies’ dynamic future. As the question of accessibility
of electroacoustic music is of utmost importance to the author, the question of
how analysis can serve appreciation will also form an important part of this
talk. for which works/genres – with what intentions – with which tools/approaches? A template to complement this four-part question was also created and will be introduced in the talk prior to investigating a potential future scenario for electroacoustic music aural analysis. |