Musical Instruments in the 21st Century
Identities, Configurations, Practices
Editors: Bovermann, T., de Campo, A., Egermann, H., Hardjowirogo, S.-I., Weinzierl, S. (Eds.)
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- Contributes to a better understanding of the conditions of instrumentality in the 21st century
- Provides insights from science, humanities and the arts
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By exploring the many different types and forms of contemporary musical instruments, this book contributes to a better understanding of the conditions of instrumentality in the 21st century. Providing insights from science, humanities and the arts, authors from a wide range of disciplines discuss the following questions:
· What are the conditions under which an object is recognized as a musical instrument?
· What are the actions and procedures typically associated with musical instruments?· What kind of (mental and physical) knowledge do we access in order to recognize or use something as a musical instrument?
· How is this knowledge being shaped by cultural conventions and temporal conditions?
· How do algorithmic processes 'change the game' of musical performance, and as a result, how do they affect notions of instrumentality?
· How do we address the question of instrumental identity within an instrument's design process?
· What properties can be used to differentiate successful and unsuccessful instruments? Do these properties also contribute to the instrumentality of an object in general? What does success mean within an artistic, commercial, technological, or scientific context?
- Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-5
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Instrumentality. On the Construction of Instrumental Identity
Pages 9-24
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From Musical Instruments as Ontological Entities to Instrumental Quality: A Linguistic Exploration of Musical Instrumentality in the Digital Era
Pages 25-43
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From Idiophone to Touchpad. The Technological Development to the Virtual Musical Instrument
Pages 45-58
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Musical Instruments as Assemblage
Pages 59-66
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Musical Instruments in the 21st Century
- Book Subtitle
- Identities, Configurations, Practices
- Editors
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- Till Bovermann
- Alberto de Campo
- Hauke Egermann
- Sarah-Indriyati Hardjowirogo
- Stefan Weinzierl
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-981-10-2951-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-981-10-2951-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-981-10-2950-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-981-10-9748-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VII, 412
- Number of Illustrations
- 45 b/w illustrations, 50 illustrations in colour
- Topics
