Issues of Time and Space in New Music

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Time and space in music are rich and complex subjects of study. This seminar examines how these concepts complement and intertwine with one another in the music of contemporary composers such as Murail, Xenakis, and Brant. We will explore how composers have attempted to redefine musical temporalities and how they create acoustic and environmental spaces. We will consider how space is orchestrated, ways of engaging with the physicality of instruments, and how composers can use electronics to further convey and manipulate space and dimensionality. This seminar also considers the ways new experiments with increasingly complex timbral palettes changed compositions.