All Outputs (131)

Embodied listening and the music of Sigur Ros (2015)
Journal Article
Elsdon, P. (2015). Embodied listening and the music of Sigur Ros. Popular Musicology Online,

In 1990 Susan McClary and Robert Walser appealed for a musicology which could account for the effects of rock, or as they put it: ‘a greater willingness to try to circumscribe an effect metaphorically, to bring one’s own experience as a human being t... Read More about Embodied listening and the music of Sigur Ros.

Technology as a vehicle (tool and practice) for developing diverse creativities (2015)
Book Chapter
King, A. (2015). Technology as a vehicle (tool and practice) for developing diverse creativities. In Activating Diverse Musical Creativities (203-222). Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474220316.ch-011

Burnard’s seminal work, Musical Creativities in Practice, has begun to change the way creativity is viewed in music (2012) . In this work Burnard rejects the view of a single concept of creativity that encompasses all aspects of music and instead pro... Read More about Technology as a vehicle (tool and practice) for developing diverse creativities.

Nightports, 'Depart' (2015)
Digital Artefact
Slater, M., & Martin, A. (2015). Nightports, 'Depart'. [https://nightports.bandcamp.com/album/depart]

A 60-minute studio album exploring the underlying concept of restriction in original musical creativity. Liner notes (introduction): Arrive. Move. Shift. Change. Depart. All sounds come from Emily. No other sound sources are permitted. Only sou... Read More about Nightports, 'Depart'.

'By the sweet power of musicke'. Effect in Shakespeare's musical imagery (2014)
Journal Article
Wilson, C. (2014). 'By the sweet power of musicke'. Effect in Shakespeare's musical imagery. Comparatio, 6(2), 241-262

Der vorliegende Beitrag unternimmt es, die vielfältigen Dimensionen von Shakespeares musikalischer Bildlichkeit zu erschließen: Er bietet einen Überblick über die verschiedenartigen Formen musikalischer Komponenten und ihre teilweise sehr subtile Ver... Read More about 'By the sweet power of musicke'. Effect in Shakespeare's musical imagery.

By the sweet power of musicke: Wirkungen der Musik in Shakespeares Bildlichkeit (2014)
Book Chapter
Wilson, C. (2014). By the sweet power of musicke: Wirkungen der Musik in Shakespeares Bildlichkeit. In U. Jung-Kaiser, & A. Simonis (Eds.), Die suse Macht der Tone: zur Bedeutung der Musik in Shakespeares Werken und ihrer Rezeption (1-32). George Olms Verlag AG

Nests, arcs and cycles in the lifespan of a studio project (2014)
Journal Article
Slater, M. (2015). Nests, arcs and cycles in the lifespan of a studio project. Popular music, 34(1), 67-93. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261143014000683

Middlewood Sessions produced a kind of popular music that infuses the timbral aesthetics of jazz and orchestral music with the driving rhythms of dance music. This studio project, lasting for almost eight years, provided a rich resource for gaining i... Read More about Nests, arcs and cycles in the lifespan of a studio project.

Psalm: Contemporary British Trumpet Concertos (2014)
Digital Artefact
Desbruslais, S., & Orchestra of the Swan. (2014). Psalm: Contemporary British Trumpet Concertos. [CD]

Simon Desbruslais leads the performances on this disc of world premiere recordings from some of the UK’s leading composers. Seeking to expand the trumpet’s repertoire of concerto and orchestra works, Simon Desbruslais was inspired after performing... Read More about Psalm: Contemporary British Trumpet Concertos.

Heuristics for expressive performance (2014)
Book Chapter
Prior, H., & Leech-Wilkinson, D. (2014). Heuristics for expressive performance. In R. Timmers, D. Fabian, & E. Schubert (Eds.), Expressiveness in musical performance: Empirical approaches across styles and cultures. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199659647.003.0003

This chapter discusses concepts and terms that professional musicians find useful in preparing for and talking and thinking about expressive performance. An example is “shape,” which, as recent research has shown, is immensely flexible and useful for... Read More about Heuristics for expressive performance.

Performance (2014)
Book Chapter
King, E. (2014). Performance. In Music in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An encyclopedia. SAGE Publications

Mixtapes and turntablism : DJs' perspectives on musical shape (2013)
Journal Article
Greasley, A. E., & Prior, H. (2013). Mixtapes and turntablism : DJs' perspectives on musical shape. Empirical Musicology Review, 8(1), 23-43. https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v8i1.3921

The notion of musical shape is widely used by performing musicians, but most studies have focussed on classical performing contexts. This paper extends this research to DJs performing on turntables, chosen in light of existing evidence from a questio... Read More about Mixtapes and turntablism : DJs' perspectives on musical shape.

Helical Time (an open ended song cycle for combinations of baritone voice, violin, piano and trumpet with instrumental pre-/inter-/post-ludes) (2013)
Digital Artefact
Borthwick, A. (2013). Helical Time (an open ended song cycle for combinations of baritone voice, violin, piano and trumpet with instrumental pre-/inter-/post-ludes)

(i) 'Time Being', for baritone voice and piano, in Tsang, L. & Venables, P.(eds) Finding Ursula Vaughan Williams:An Anthology of New Songs for Voice and Piano, with an Introduction by Lee Tsang (York: University of York Music Press, 2010). Supplement... Read More about Helical Time (an open ended song cycle for combinations of baritone voice, violin, piano and trumpet with instrumental pre-/inter-/post-ludes).

El diálogo director-orquesta: Modos de comunicación en el ensayo y el concierto [The Conductor–Orchestra Dialogue: Modes of Communication in Rehearsal and Performance] (2013)
Book Chapter
King, E. (2013). El diálogo director-orquesta: Modos de comunicación en el ensayo y el concierto [The Conductor–Orchestra Dialogue: Modes of Communication in Rehearsal and Performance]. In Diálogos (156-175). Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España

Musical shaping gestures: Considerations about terminology and methodology (2013)
Journal Article
King, E. (2013). Musical shaping gestures: Considerations about terminology and methodology. Empirical Musicology Review, 8(1), 68-81. https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v8i1.3925

Fulford and Ginsborg’s investigation into non-verbal communication during music rehearsal-talk between performers with and without hearing impairments extends existing research in the field of gesture studies by contributing significantly to our unde... Read More about Musical shaping gestures: Considerations about terminology and methodology.

Re-imagining improvisation: listening, discourse and aesthetics (2013)
Other
Elsdon, P. (2013). Re-imagining improvisation: listening, discourse and aesthetics

Familiarity, schemata and patterns of listening (2013)
Book Chapter
Prior, H. (2013). Familiarity, schemata and patterns of listening. In E. King, & H. M. Prior (Eds.), Music and familiarity: listening, musicology and performance. Routledge

The origins of this work, as in much research, lie in a personal experience. My first exposure to a selection of Schoenberg’s piano works (which happened to be through a recording) had resulted in an ambivalent response, but upon hearing the same rec... Read More about Familiarity, schemata and patterns of listening.

Groove as Familiarity with Time (2013)
Book Chapter
Oliver, R. (2013). Groove as Familiarity with Time. In E. King, & H. M. Prior (Eds.), Music and Familiarity : Listening, Musicology and Performance (239 - 252). Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315596600

The chapter explores the instrumentalist’s relationship with musical time, arguing that the capacity for groove in solo performance depends upon the musician’s familiarity with stylistically nuanced conceptions of pulse. Much research dealing with gr... Read More about Groove as Familiarity with Time.

Social familiarity: styles of interaction in chamber ensemble rehearsal (2013)
Book Chapter
King, E. (2013). Social familiarity: styles of interaction in chamber ensemble rehearsal. In Music and familiarity: listening, musicology and performance (253 - 270). Ashgate

When two or more musicians first play together in a music ensemble, they begin a process of familiarization as they get to know each other both musically and socially. There is a complex network of issues to consider in this process as ensemble music... Read More about Social familiarity: styles of interaction in chamber ensemble rehearsal.

Keith Jarrett's The Köln Concert (2013)
Book
Elsdon, P. (2013). Keith Jarrett's The Köln Concert. Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aosobl/9780199779253.001.0001

Keith Jarrett ranks among the most accomplished and influential pianists in jazz history. His Köln Concert stands among the most important jazz recordings of the past four decades, not only because of the music on the record, but also because of the... Read More about Keith Jarrett's The Köln Concert.

The Student Prince: Music-making with technology (2012)
Book Chapter
King, A. (2012). The Student Prince: Music-making with technology. In G. E. McPherson, & G. F. Welch (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Music Education (476 - 491). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199928019.013.0031

This article examines recording studio practice in education. It begins by tracing the historical background of music-making with technology and providing an overview of how technology is used in the music curriculum. It then discusses the key relati... Read More about The Student Prince: Music-making with technology.

Music and fantasy types in Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands (2012)
Book Chapter
Binns, A. (2012). Music and fantasy types in Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands. In The music of fantasy cinema (132 - 147). Equinox Press