Orchestrating the Chimera: Musical Hybrids, Technology and the Development of a “Maximalist” Musical Style

Jaffe, David A.

1995

Leonardo Music Journal 5: 11-18.

Language: English

In this article, the author describes the “maximalist” approach that he takes in his musical composition. This approach embraces heterogeneity and allows for complex systems of juxtapositions and collisions, in which all outside influences are viewed as potential raw material. Focussing on the notion of hybridisation the author discusses how recent technological advances have allowed hybridisation to extend into the realms of sound synthesis.