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    Abwesenheit

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    2017-09-24
    Author
    Young, John
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    Abstract
    The material that inspired this work was a short audio recording made in the garden of the Beethoven Wohnung Heiligenstadt where, in 1802, Beethoven spent the latter half of the year seeking respite for his failing hearing. Although Heiligenstadt must surely not be as quiet a spot as it was 215 years ago, the historical resonance of the Beethoven Wohnung with its sounds and artefacts—distant chimes, a death mask, creaky floors, the resonance around hushed conversation—imparts a profound sense of absence. The work aims to embody this sentiment through amplification of spatial envelopment, growth and transformation of sonic energy, and submission into silence. The title is borrowed from the second movement of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata op. 81a, and the work was composed specifically for the Vienna Acousmonium.
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    Citation : Young, J. (2017) Abwesenheit, electroacoustic composition, 22.2 digital audio channels, dur. 13'50".
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    http://hdl.handle.net/2086/14555
    Research Group : Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre
    Research Institute : Music, Technology and Innovation - Institute for Sonic Creativity (MTI2)
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