Renaissance Synthesisers: New Frameworks for Composition and Performance with Early Music Instruments

Tassie, Benjamin (2024) Renaissance Synthesisers: New Frameworks for Composition and Performance with Early Music Instruments. Doctoral thesis, Birmingham City University.

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Abstract

Situated within the emergent post-HIP scene (which is delineated as part of this commentary’s literature review), this project used research practice to approach the questions: what new compositional and performance vocabularies arise from experimentation with Early Music instruments, creative technologies, and mixed or digital media, and how does this practice relate and contribute to broader cultural frameworks? Objects of study included Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque musical instruments (including modern copies and originals held in museum collections), as well as new studio and performance technologies, film, and recorded media. Creative practice was the primary means of research while exegetic reflection then drew on ideas from musicology, historiography, philosophy, and sociology to refine an understanding of the meanings of that practice. In particular, the project explored the relationship between post-HIP and issues of post-postmodernity. Findings are presented in the thesis’ portfolio of concert and multimedia works as well as through this commentary. The project was completed at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire under the supervision of Professor Joe Cutler, Professor Jamie Savan, and Dr Andrew Hamilton. It was funded by the AHRC Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership.

Item Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Dates:	Date Event 27 November 2023 Submitted 16 February 2024 Accepted
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Early Music, Historically Informed Performance, HIP, post-HIP, Composition
Subjects:	CAH25 - design, and creative and performing arts > CAH25-02 - performing arts > CAH25-02-02 - music
Divisions:	Doctoral Research College > Doctoral Theses Collection Faculty of Arts, Design and Media > Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Depositing User:	Jaycie Carter
Date Deposited:	09 Oct 2024 10:52
Last Modified:	14 Oct 2024 08:22
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15895