Music, Sound, and Noise in the Contemporary Musical-dramatic Art Cover Image

Hudba, zvuk a hluk v súčasnom hudobnodramatickom umení
Music, Sound, and Noise in the Contemporary Musical-dramatic Art

Author(s): Slávka Kopčáková
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Music, Aesthetics
Published by: Spoločnosť pre estetiku na Slovensku a Inštitút estetiky a umeleckej kultúry Filozofickej fakulty Prešovskej univerzity v Prešove
Keywords: aesthetics of noise; futurism; electroacoustic music; noise music; musical-dramatic genre; alternative theatre;

Summary/Abstract: The increase of noise in man’s environment is a characteristic of aural human culture of the 20th century. Its subsequent involvement in artistic culture (futurism, electroacoustic music, noise music, etc.) is a natural consequence of these processes. At its beginnings, noise, hisses, distortions, and various, originally non-musical, sounds came to be the means of expansion of potential aesthetic qualities of art. In the paper, the presence of noise elements as means of expression in the contemporary musical-dramatic genre is considered. Their aesthetic effects in alternative theatre are analysed using examples of performances and workshops at the “Academic Prešov” festival.

  • Issue Year: 2/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 9-16
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Slovak