Cluster (for Demetrio Stratos)
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The document is a commission for an electronic music piece titled "CLUSTER (for Demetrio Stratos)" by Massimiliano Viel. The piece uses the voice of Demetrio Stratos mixed with electronic sounds. It is organized into 12 vocal layers in 3 quartets of recognizable, sampled, and unrecognizable electronic voices. The piece explores the permeability of music through overlapping heterogeneous material in an intense polyphonic structure.
Cluster (for Demetrio Stratos)
- 1. CLUSTER (for Demetrio Stratos) -2009- for electronic sounds Massimiliano Viel www.massimilianoviel.net DIALOGHI DELLA COMPOSIZIONE Politecnico di Milano, 26-5-2010
- 2. commission: DEMETRIO STRATOS's voice concept: voice + electronic sounds the versatility of Statos' voice demands a context where non-vocal sounds mix with vocal recognizable sounds technical-musical topic: music permeability how far can we go in the heterogeneity of + overlapping material in an intense polyphony? vision: a crowd of D.Stratos the music is written for a choir of 12 D.Stratos using the voice in a range of expressions from natural to clearly artificial
- 3. OUT - TIME ORGANIZATION vs. IN - TIME ORGANIZATION
- 5. OUT - TIME ORGANIZATION 1 - ORGANIZATION OF THE POLYPHONIC STRUCTURE: 12 layers in 3 quartets: - recognizable voice (V) - sampled voice (S) - unrecognizable "electronic" voice (E) CHOICE OF INVOLVED PARAMETERS: · relationship among quartets (foreground vs. background) · dynamism (activity vs. inactivity) · relationships within quartets (S-O-P-T-C) Solo-Homophony-Parallel Heterophony-Temporal Heterophony- Counterpoint · serial structure of signals (chomskian) · pitch structure (harmonic vs. inharmonic)
- 6. IN - TIME ORGANIZATION BASIC TREE STRUCTURE ((23)(233)(223)) 20 sections
- 7. IN - TIME ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND VS. FOREGROUND Values: 1 - 2 - 3 (number quartets) Structure: ( ( 2 3 ) ( 2 3 3 ) ( 2 2 3 ) ): 21 221 21 223 123 12 21 321 Tot. 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 Sect. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 V X X X X X X X X X X X X S X X X X X X X X X X X X E X X X X X X X X X X X X
- 8. IN - TIME ORGANIZATION ACTIVITY VS: INACTIVITY Values: from 1 to 4. V: Structure: ( ( 2 2 2 ) ( 3 2 2 ) ( 2 2 3 ) ): 24 34 32 123 24 34 13 23 234 S: Structure: ( ( 3 2 2 ) ( 2 2 3 ) ( 2 2 2 ) ): 322 32 42 31 34 344 32 31 21 E: Structure ( ( 2 2 3 ) ( 2 2 2 ) ( 3 2 2 ) ): 34 23 123 13 23 34 432 32 32 Sect. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 V 1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 2 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 3 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 4 X X X X X X X X X X X X X S 1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X 2 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 3 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 4 X X X X X X X X X X X E 1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 2 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 3 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 4 X X X X X X X X X X X X
- 9. IN - TIME ORGANIZATION RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN QUARTETS Sect. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 V1 o X o X ∑O o ∑T X o S - ∑ X o ∑ 2 o ∑ o So ∑ >S X X S X o o X 3 X o ∑T o S >S ∑ o S S o S o X 4 X X o S ∑P S o ∑ o S X o X S 1 ∑P S X o o ∑ >S o X S ∑ S o o 2 S o ∑ >S o o o ∑P o S >S o o X 3 X X ∑ o o o S o S >S >S o o ∑ 4 o ∑ - o o o ∑ >S >S o ∑ ∑O E1 ∑ o ∑T o S S o S o X ∑ >S ∑ o 2 S o X o ∑ X o - o ∑T S o o X - o 3 X o o ∑ ∑T o o S >S o X X S o 4 o o X o ∑ S >S o ∑T o S X
- 10. IN - TIME ORGANIZATION PITCHES 1 1 2 3 œ #œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ #œ #œ #œ #œ & œ #œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #œ V ?œ œ #œ œ #œ œ œ œ √ √ #œ √ #œ œ #œ #œ nœ œ œ œ #œ #œ #œ #œ œ œ #œ & #œ œ œ nœ œ œ #œ #œ œ #œ S+E ? #œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ œ œ ◊ ` ◊
- 11. IN - TIME ORGANIZATION PITCHES 2 Sect. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 V1 1 2 2 O 12 3 - 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 23 3 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 4 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 1 S1 2 1 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 2 - 3 2 O E1 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 - 3 2 1 - 3 2 1 2 3 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 2 3 2 1
- 12. CLUSTER (for Demetrio Stratos) for electronic sounds (2009) listenable at: https://soundcloud.com/ user9792013/cluster-per- demetrio-stratos www.massimilianoviel.net info@massimilianoviel.net