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A JOURNEY AMONG ELECTRONIC MUSIC SOURCES #4 – #5
My last two articles for the column A JOURNEY AMONG ELECTRONIC MUSIC SOURCES focusses on a couple of amazing material sources (the Music 5 software in Padova and Pierre Schaeffer’s dedication to the N.P.S. Group) (#4) and the importance of oral history in the study of electroacoustic music (#5). Musica, tecnologia e società attraverso le…
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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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A journey among electronic music sources #1 | The first Italian books
I have used private and institutionals archives, physical or digital, in my musicological practice for 20 years. I am writing a little about this and the sources I can find when I dip into this faboulous world in my column “Viaggio tra le fonti elettroniche” for the amazing blog http://www.musicaelettronica.it/. The first post is dedicated to…
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Teresa Rampazzi’s voice and her unique piece “Taras”
Curious to hear what Teresa Rampazzi’s (1914-2001) voice sounded like? This is a unique opportunity. This audio track I’ve uploaded on SoundCloud is part of a radio programme aired in 1985 “Le nuove frontiere della musica” (New frontiers of music; director: Tonino Delfino). Rampazzi and Delfino are discussing her piece “Taras su tre dimensioni”. The…
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Sound chaser. The invention and impact of the NAGRA recorder
The video with my talk about the NAGRA recorder is out! “L’invention et l’impact du NAGRA, chasseur de sons” (in French), 8 June 2018, IRCAM, Paris, Seminaires Musique Science Technologie. Full video: https://medias.ircam.fr/x957613 Sound chaser. The invention and impact of the NAGRA recorder This research focuses on the invention and impact of the NAGRA recorder. It is based…
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Italian Electronic Music Studios (1950s-60s-70s)
My presentation at the Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi in collaboration with the Instytut Adama Mickiewicza, October 13-14 2017, at the “POLISH RADIO EXPERIMENTAL STUDIO” conference, is now online. Italian Electronic Music Studios of the First and Second Generation (from the 1950s to the 1970s) with a focus on the the triangulation between the S 2F M (Florence),…
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Teresa Rampazzi on WDR 3’s “Open Sounds: Studio Elektronische Musik” programme
Frank Hilberg, producer of the channel WDR 3 of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk Cologne, and Reinhold Friedl, are the auhors of a two-hour-feature about the Electronic Music of “Nuove Proposte Sonore” (NPS) and Teresa Rampazzi. I was interviewed by Reinhold Friedl on February 3rd for this purpose, alongside Francesca Rampazzi (Teresa Rampazzi’s daughter). The documentary will air next Saturday night, at…
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10 Jan.: Angelo Paccagnini at the Studio di Fonologia della RAI in Milan
I will be presenting my research on composer Angelo #Paccagnini (1930-1999) at the Study Conference dedicated to his role and presence at the Studio di Fonologia della RAI di Milano. “Angelo Paccagnini allo Studio di Fonologia di Milano della RAI di Milano”: Tuesday, January 10 2017, at the MUSEO DEGLI STRUMENTI MUSICALI / Sala della Balla.…
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Writings on Teresa Rampazzi
Teresa Rampazzi website has finally a new page containing a list of articles, books, and other material dedicated to this awesome pioneer pf electroacoustic music: http://www.teresarampazzi.it/writings-on-t-rampazzi/) I contributed with many writings to this emerging literature, since my Master thesis in 2000, and I’m proud of this. The first text dedicated to her dates back to 1979, with an…
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Teresa Rampazzi on Late Junction BBC Radio 3
Last Tuesday on Late Junction, BBC Radio 3, Fiona Tarkington played one track from Teresa Rampazzi’s work “Immagini per Diana Baylon”. Listen here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07z7cys – BBC Radio 3 – Late Junction, Fiona Talkington with Sam Lee. Fiona Tarkington gives a beautiful introduction to the piece which starts at 1’18’. The musical piece begins at 1’22’20”. The…