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The 'Suspended Clarinet' with the 'Uncaused Sound' : Description of a Renewed Musical Instrument

Silvia Lanzalone

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

Il suono incausato, improvise-action for suspended clarinet, clarinettist and electronics (2005) by Silvia Lanzalone, is a musical piece which proposes an innovative way of using the traditional instrument and adding technology to the music production by creating an unique sound installation for the clarinet. The title --- the uncaused sound --- instead suggests the generating idea from which the author has developed the musical piece and its related aesthetic choices. The subtitle --- improvise-action for suspended clarinet, clarinettist and electronics --- gives the listener some hints which anticipate important characteristics: the extempore component joined to a gestural approach of the performance; the modality through which the clarinet is put on the stage as well as the discontinuity between the instrument and the performer; the display of electronic devices. Il suono incausato has been played in several festivals of contemporary music; it was awarded with the Franco Evangelisti (2006) prize, and it is published by the editor Suvini Zerboni.

Citation

Silvia Lanzalone. 2008. The 'Suspended Clarinet' with the 'Uncaused Sound' : Description of a Renewed Musical Instrument. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1179587 [PDF]

BibTeX Entry


@inproceedings{nime2008_Lanzalone,
author = {Lanzalone, Silvia},
title = {The 'Suspended Clarinet' with the 'Uncaused Sound' : Description of a Renewed Musical Instrument},
pages = {273--276},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
year = {2008},
address = {Genoa, Italy},
issn = {2220-4806},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1179587},
url = {https://nime.org/proceedings/2008/nime2008_273.pdf},
keywords = {nime08},
abstract = {Il suono incausato, improvise-action for suspended clarinet, clarinettist and electronics (2005) by Silvia Lanzalone, is a musical piece which proposes an innovative way of using the traditional instrument and adding technology to the music production by creating an unique sound installation for the clarinet. The title --- the uncaused sound --- instead suggests the generating idea from which the author has developed the musical piece and its related aesthetic choices. The subtitle --- improvise-action for suspended clarinet, clarinettist and electronics --- gives the listener some hints which anticipate important characteristics: the extempore component joined to a gestural approach of the performance; the modality through which the clarinet is put on the stage as well as the discontinuity between the instrument and the performer; the display of electronic devices. Il suono incausato has been played in several festivals of contemporary music; it was awarded with the Franco Evangelisti (2006) prize, and it is published by the editor Suvini Zerboni.}
}