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Collaboration at the Studio di Fonologia della RAI in Milan (1955-1983)
This week, I will be in the conference TCPM (Tracking the Creative Process in Music) at the University of Huddersfield, UK (September 14-16). In this context I will do an oral presentation of my latest research and will focus on the origins, dynamics and evolution of collaboration at the Studio di Fonologia della RAI in Milan (1955-1983). Abstract Electroacoustic music is a…
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Pioneer Spirits: New media representations of women in electronic music history
“Pioneer Spirits: New media representations of women in electronic music history” is a new important article by Frances Morgan in the current issue of Organised Sound, Vol. 22, Issue 2 (Alternative Histories of Electroacoustic Music) August 2017, pp. 238-249. Teresa Rampazzi is numbered amongst those composers previously “either ignored or thought to be marginal […].…
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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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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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Teresa Rampazzi: a new entry in the Italian Enciclopedia Treccani
The Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani of the Italian Enciclopedia Treccani (originally published: 1929), is dedicated to notable Italian people (composers, artists, politicians, historians, etc.) past and present. It has been an honour for me to contribute with an entry on Teresa Rampazzi. Laura Zattra: “Teresa Rampazzi”, Enciclopedia Treccani, Dizionario Biografico: http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/teresa-rampazzi_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ The article contains a biography of…
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“Musique mixte”: Writing of Sound, and the Problem of Sources
In my new publication I discuss the concepts of écriture, micro and macro forms, internal and external writing of sound, and analysis, in musique mixte. Laura Zattra, “Les écritures des musiques informatiques mixtes à la lueur des sources documentaires”. This is a chapter for the book Musique et Technologie. Regards sur les musiques mixtes, Marc Battier, Evelyne Gayou, Daniel…
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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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Les Femmes de GRM: concert series, Jan. 2017
Les Femmes de GRM: January 2017: Thu, 12.01.2017 – Sun. 15.01.2017, ZKM_Kubus, Karlsruhe Germany. 4 Concerts with music by composers Beatriz Ferreyra, Evelyne Gayou, and Annette Vande Gorne who collaborated closely with the studio. From the concert series program: When considering the GRM one of the striking features is the predominance of male artists in the public’s perception…
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Demetrio Stratos: when exactly did he go to Cuba and listen to Mongolian chants?
These days I’m doing a little investigation work to help Andrew Colwell, a PhD candidate at Wesleyan University working on the global circulation of Mongol xöömeí/throat-singing, including the engagements or perceptions of non-Mongolian actors (such as Demetrios Stratos). His interest was piqued by one of my articles I wrote in 2011 in collaboration with…
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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…
Laura is a Scholar in Sound-Based-Art, Creative/Collaborative Practices, Archival Research, Marginalized Figures. Author, Professor @UdineConservatoryOfMusic (Italy) and Researcher @IRCAM (Paris)
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