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Karel Goeyvaerts' Litanie V for harpsichord and tape or several harpsichords

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ID14810480
AuthorsChristine Wauters, Mark Delaere, Jef Lysens
Year2000
Volume19
Issue4
Pages115-127
Publication date2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueContemporary Music Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0749-4467 • E-ISSN: 1477-2256
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07494460000640471
OpenAlexW2015020497
LanguageEN
Citations received2

Article based on collaboration between a performer (Chr. Wauters), discussing performance modalities, and K. U. Leuven's Department of Musicology (M. Delaere and J. Lysens), analysing composition techniques. K. Goeyvaerts composer of five ‘Litanies’, with a number of common characteristics, in addition to their title, e.g. the repetitive technique, gradual construction and destruction in different layers of small elements. Litanie V as a ‘multiple form’, performer determines a number of modalities himself (number of layers, order of ‘sequences’, place and degree of superimposition). Composer ensures, in spite of given freedom and certain contradicational instructions, a coherent musical system, made clear by analysis. Macro-structure as an extrapolation of micro-structure (cyclicity, symmetrical inversion, use of scale, superimposition). Moreover, a series of techniques creates a network of relations (contrast or reference) between sequences, in this way guiding the performer's freedom. Score-excerpt as illustration. Litanie V as a synthesis of different composition techniques, used by Goeyvaerts in the course of his career (serialism, aleatorism, minimalism, electronic music, repetitive music). Challenges (tape or instruments, amount of layers, order of sequences, places of overlap) as starting point for motivation of choices by performer. Diagram and examples as illustration

Art · Art history · Concerto · Electroacoustic music · Harpsichord · Karel · Literature · Musical · Performing arts · Piano · Programming language · Superimposition · Visual arts · Computer Science · Diverse Musicological Studies · Mathematics · Music Technology and Sound Studies · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Artificial Intelligence

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,12
Citation span2009 - 2011 (3)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo

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