Ecoute élargie
This project is dedicated to two hitherto neglected phenomena in music since 1945: the empty voice and the objet sonore. Both practices question the structure-oriented concept of the work.
Factsheet
- Schools involved Bern Academy of the Arts
- Institute(s) Institute Interpretation
- Research unit(s) Intersection of Contemporary Music
- Funding organisation SNSF
- Duration 01.12.2015 - 30.04.2019
- Head of project Dr. Roman Brotbeck
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Project staff
Gaudenz Badrutt
Dr. Dorothea Schürch
Dr. Michael Harenberg
Prof. Dr. Britta Sweers -
Partner
Freie Universität Berlin, Sonderforschungsbereich 626
Graduiertenkolleg InterArt Berlin
IRCAM Paris
Universität Bern
Universität Siegen, AG Auditive Kultur und Sound Studies
Situation
Often there is no conventional score; much is improvised or tried out in practice. With the concept of «écoute élargie» coined here, we aim to include semiotic, extra-musical connotations. We shall investigate how music history after 1945 changes when it is viewed from this perspective. This is a particularly delicate issue because even a structure-oriented composer such as Karlheinz Stockhausen worked with empty voices and objets sonores in order to create new possibilities for expression. So above and beyond this, we aim to consider how such approaches alter when viewed from the perspective of the «écoute élargie»-
