CSC
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Teresa Rampazzi: sound creations and co-creations as a meeting place between art and life
Next Saturday May 18th, I will discuss in Padova with Marta Previti and Maddalena Rizzi about women who have left a strong artistic mark in Veneto, Italy and the world. I will address how electronic music pioneer Teresa Rampazzi revisited the idea of creative place, from the home, to the collective, to the conservatory, to…
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My keynote @TENOR 2024 conference (Zurich ZHdK)
Overjoyed that my keynote “Unexplored Archives, Philology and Real People – How to study ‘sound-based art’ through sketches (design thinking, embryonic projects, first meetings, software programming)”, at the TENOR 2024 conference – International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation, is now online. 2024: 4 April: Full video (my keynote and other talks): https://vimeo.com/930542621 Abstract: My presentation considers…
Analysis of Sound Design Practices, archives, Collaborative Art, CSC, Ircam, John Chowning, Music and Technology, Musical Assistant, Notation in Electroacoustic Music, Oral History, philology of music, Pioneers of electronic music, Sound Art, sound design, sound engineer, SOundNOiseMUsic, sources for the study of electronic music, Spectral music, Technology and Society, Teresa Rampazzi, Tracking the Creative Process in Music, women and music -
Computer Sounds in Luigi Nono’s Prometeo
As part of my research on collaborative creativity, on the music-technology relationship, and on the role of computer music designers / musical assistants, I studied the genesis of the computer sounds used in Luigi Nono’s Prometeo, generated with Giuseppe (Peppino) di Giugno’s 4i workstation.My paper “The Use of Technology in Revolutionary Perspective. Computer Music Research…
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A JOURNEY AMONG ELECTRONIC MUSIC SOURCES #3 | ITALIAN ARCHIVES
Preservation and Electroacoustic Heritage in Italy: this is the focus of my third article for the blog http://www.musicaelettronica.it/ (dedicated to the sources in electronic music). Italy is home to outstanding electracoustic music stories and centers. With this contemporary grand tour I am bringing my readers on a quick journey throughout Italy to visit the most famous…
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A JOURNEY AMONG ELECTRONIC MUSIC SOURCES #2 | MUSIC PATENTS AND ONLINE RESEARCH
I am writing a column for the blog http://www.musicaelettronica.it/ about the less known or forgotten sources in electronic music. I have used private and institutionals archives, physical or digital, in my musicological practice for 20 years and this investigation never fails to amaze me. The second article is dedicated to patents and online research of patents…
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e-book: Live Electronic Music Composition, Performance, Study
The digital edition of our book Live Electronic Music Composition, Performance, Study is now available on the main online stores. Live Electronic Music Composition, Performance, Study Edited by Friedemann Sallis, Valentina Bertolani, Jan Burle, Laura Zattra, Routledge, 2018. On Amazon.com and on Routledge.com Contents (340 pages) Introduction (FRIEDEMANN SALLIS, VALENTINA BERTOLANI, JAN BURLE AND LAURA ZATTRA) Part I Composition 1…
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LIVE-ELECTRONIC MUSIC. COMPOSITION, PERFORMANCE, STUDY (Routledge)
I am pleased to announce that the book LIVE-ELECTRONIC MUSIC. COMPOSITION, PERFORMANCE, STUDY (Routledge), edited by Friedemann Sallis, Valentina Bertolani, Jan Burle and me, is now available: https://www.routledge.com/Live-Electronic-Music-Composition-Performance-Study/Sallis-Bertolani-Burle-Zattra/p/book/9781138022607 Contents (340 pages) Introduction (FRIEDEMANN SALLIS, VALENTINA BERTOLANI, JAN BURLE AND LAURA ZATTRA) Part I Composition 1 Dwelling in a field of sonic relationships: ‘Instrument’ and ‘listening’…
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Collaborative Creation in Electroacoustic Music. Comparative Analysis of Three Case Studies
I will present my research at the EUROMAC conference, the 9th European Music Analysis Conference (Strasbourg, 28 June – 1 July 2017). TITLE: Collaborative Creation in Electroacoustic Music. Comparative Analysis of Three Case Studies ABSTRACT The revolution of sound recording, analogue synthesis and the birth of computer music, caused the emergence of a new professional profile:…
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CSC (Centro di Sonologia Computazionale), University of Padova
CSC’S HISTORY: The Centro di Sonologia Computazionale was funded in 1979 at Padova University. The initial research and works in the field of musical informatics date to the beginning of the ’70s. The institute was first located at the CCA – Centro di Calcolo di Ateneo (the university computing centre). Activites were based on the collaboration between engineers, musicians,…