Reshaping the Musical Experience: A Critical Examination of Musique Concrète and the Notion of ‘Music of Technology’

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https://doi.org/10.51191/issn.2637-1898.2023.6.10.136

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musique concrète, technology, music of technology, electro-acoustic music, Pierre Schaeffer, musical experience

Abstract

The critical examination in this paper should point to a shift in a perspective in understanding musique concrète (concrete music) in relation to its historical evaluation, viewing it as a music of technology. The paper is based on the hypothesis that each technology in its materiality and functionality shapes the outcomes that arise from it, which is ultimately aimed at looking for the ‘human’ in the ‘composer-technology’ dichotomy. That is where the reshaping of the musical experience takes place. But it should be noted that the technology share will be questioned through only a few aspects of concrete music, which is why there is an open possibility for further research problems.

Author Biography

  • Rijad Kaniža, University of Sarajevo, Academy of Music / INSAM Institute for Contemporary Artistic Music Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Rijad Kaniža (b. 1997, Livno) is a musicologist and composer who focuses on electronic and electroacoustic music. His musicological research mainly delves into how human interaction with technology develops musical materials, particularly with regard to computers. Kaniža’s compositions blend cultural models and musical idioms from pop culture with contemporary artistic music, examining their functionality in new musical and technological environments. Kaniža currently works as a teaching assistant at the Department of Musicology and Ethnomusicology at the University of Sarajevo’s Academy of Music, as well as an administration member of the Institute of Contemporary Artistic Music (INSAM) and editorial team of INSAM Journal of Contemporary Music, Art and Technology.

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15.07.2023

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No. 10 (2023): Technological Aspects of Contemporary Artistic and Scientific Research I

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Reshaping the Musical Experience: A Critical Examination of Musique Concrète and the Notion of ‘Music of Technology’. (2023). INSAM Journal of Contemporary Music, Art and Technology, 10, 136–156. https://doi.org/10.51191/issn.2637-1898.2023.6.10.136
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