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Beyond Notation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Trevor Wishart
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Abstract

What exactly is the relationship between notation and the music we hear? How has this relationship been affected by the development of first analogue and then digital recording of sound during the present century? This article looks at these issues from the point of view of a composer working with both traditional and unconventional notation and with recorded sound in the electronic music studio. The arguments present a very much condensed and simplified version of a discussion presented in the author's recently published book On Sonic Art.

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Research Article
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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , November 1985 , pp. 311 - 326
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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