Temporal Elements in Music
Temporal Analysis of:
Wireless Fantasy (1960)
by Vladimir Ussachevsky
Friday, July 11, 2008
Commissioned by the “de Forest Pioneers” to celebrate the birth of wireless radio, this seminal work combines electronic sounds, recorded and manipulated sounds, Morse code, and a quotation from
Temporal analysis of:
Étude aux chemins des fer (1948)
by Pierre Schaeffer
Friday, July 11, 2008
This presentation provides a temporal analysis of this pioneering work. As the first piece of musique concrète, Schaeffer’s recordings of train sounds are masterfully blended into a new form of
An Introduction to Analysis of Temporal Elements in Music
Thursday, July 10, 2008
This presentation introduces a cognitive system of analysis for music that is applicable to many kinds of music that other existing systems can not analyze. Based on fundamental principles of how
Welcome. This site contains instructional podcasts on a method of listening and analyzing music of many varied types (traditional, contemporary, electro-acoustic) by the identification of Temporal Elements. As new works are analyzed, and podcasts created, they will be added to this site. New viewers should begin with “An Introduction to Temporal Elements in Music” prior to viewing the analytical presentations.
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