Composition Types

Overview

Stories

Example: General Electrics (beginning) - Click picture to listen

Characteristics Spirit of exploration, dramatic changes, strength, competence and sense for architecture and building spaces Musical Equivalent: Sonata form General Temperament: Choleric Counterpoint Profile: Contrasts on all levels, vertical contrasts are generic Examples from Exhibition "Cybermusic by Freed": Examples from Exhibition "Discoveries":

Songs

Example: Relaxation Oscillation (beginning) - Click picture to listen

Characteristics Spirit of meditation, introversion, persistence, dance and romanticism Musical Equivalent: Song forms General Temperament: Melancholic Counterpoint Profile: Contrasts mainly between stable horizontal layers Examples from Exhibition "Cybermusic by Freed": Examples from Exhibition "Discoveries":

Serials

Example: The Lost Voice (beginning) - Click picture to listen

Characteristics Spirit of masking, playing, simulation, experiencing other characters Musical Equivalent: Variation forms General Temperament: Sanguine Counterpoint Profile: Contrasts mainly between vertical form periods Examples from Exhibition "Cybermusic by Freed": Examples from Exhibition "Discoveries":

Fractals

Example: The Sound Mount (beginning) - Click picture to listen

Characteristics Spirit of systematic examinations, natural growth, permanent progression Musical Equivalent: Fugue form General Temperament: Phlegmatic Counterpoint Profile: Contrasts on all levels, horizontal contrasts are generic Examples from Exhibition "Cybermusic by Freed": Examples from Exhibition "Discoveries":

Type Appliances

Composition types are mainly effective at the material level and at the formal level of a composition. Their interrelationship can be homogeneous or contradictory.

Material Level The composition type is mentally effective, if the composition type is directly applied at the level of the musical material. Example: Although a song is formally characterized by a high number of iterations, the mental character of a song can be very choleric.

Composition Level The composition type is formally effective, if the composition type is applied at the level of the compositional form. Example: The overall mental character of a composition may be very introverted, although its formal structure is very sophisticated and implies interactions of various layers that are typical for the "Story" type.

Type Combinations Composition types are naturally often combined at the material or at the composition level. Usually one of the types of such a combination is dominating the others. Example: A "Fractal" composition may progress through various phases that have their own material characteristics, thus implying the "Serial" form type.

Meta Types Collections of compositions may have characteristics of a composition type as well. Example: Completely different characters of movements of a symphony imply the "Story" type.

Collections

Collections of compositions are arranged according to musical cultural conventions, artistic conceptions, or considerations of public distribution.

Cycles A cycle is usually a well-balanced collection of a limited number of movements that appear in a defined order and that are treated as one opus (usually performed at once). Examples: Symphony, Sonata, Solo Concert, String Quartet, Suite, Serenade, Variation cycles, Opera.

Albums Albums are broader collections of compositions that usually belong to a similar composition type. Albums are bundled for the purpose of publishing (books, CDs) and seldom performed at once. Examples: Song cycles, Preludes and Fugues, book of Sonatas.

Exhibitions Exhibitions are assemblies of compositions, cycles and albums, that are dedicated to a certain author, or subject, or any other criteria of comprehensive public presentation. Examples: Overviews of publishing houses offers, CD catalogues, categorized CD blocks in a CD store, Internet collections organized by stylistic categories, private collections.

Concerts / Guided Tours Musical presentations in the form of public events can be dedicated to a certain cycle, album, exhibition, or expose a specific selection within a very large field of composition resources. Examples: Opera performance, concert of a singer's ensemble presenting music from different centuries, sound installations, piano recital, Jazz session, Techno night.

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