Structural Representation of Timbre in Instrumental and Electroacoustic Music in the Twentieth Century

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K00132
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 01050:Aesthetics and art studies-related
• Research Institution: Nagoya City University
• Principal Investigator: Mizuno Mikako 名古屋市立大学, 大学院芸術工学研究科, 教授 (50295622)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: 電子音響音楽 / ラジオフォニック / リレイアート / シェフェール / クセナキス / テレマティックアート / データベース / 音色解析

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The research titled Structural Representation of Timbre in Instrumental and Electroacoustic Music in the Twentieth Century covers interdisciplinary methods which approach to the structure of musical timbre. Timbre is described not only in the physical phase but in the psychological and cultural background. The research objects are limited to the music of the twentieth century. One of the main goals is Pierre Schaeffer’s activity in 1940’s. He led several theatrical companies as director and as producer. His companies focused on religious dramas based on the bible. Schaeffer’s radiophonic pieces takes symbolic and metaphorical tales as opposed to his grand historical drama like Portico for a French Girl . The unique imagination of musique concrete originated from Schaeffer’s dramatical experience before the WW2. The early radiophonic experiments led to creation of electroacoustic tools for music.

Free Research Field

音楽学・作曲

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

研究成果は、日本音楽学会、先端芸術音楽創作学会、日本電子音楽協会、国際コンピュータ音楽学会、電子音響音楽国際研究会、音楽情報科学研究会等の学術的な場で発表されたほか、国内外のコンサートで新作音楽作品発表の形で披露された。また、フランスのランス音楽院、国立音楽音響共同研究所や、台湾の国立交通大学でレクチャーを行い、若い研究者や作曲家への教育に貢献した。