The Intention/Reception Project: Investigating the Relationship Between Composer Intention and Listener Response in Electroacoustic Compositions

Weale, Rob

2005

University: De Montfort University.

Language: English

In this dissertation, the author presents the results of a project designed to introduce a dynamic methodology into electroacoustic music research, one that seeks to discover how accessible electroacoustic music can be. Focussing on the development, enhancement and expansion of Leigh Landy's concepts, ‘the something to hold on to factor' and ‘dramaturgy' in electroacoustic music, the project looks towards generating knowledge that contributes to supporting access in terms of our better understanding of how electroacoustic music succeeds in terms of communicating content and experience with its listeners and thus in terms of our predicting how relevant it can be to today's and tomorrow's society.