Historical performance and new music : aesthetics and practices /

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Includes bibliographical references and index.Part One. Aesthetics and Media. Open-Source Performance Practice : The Laptop as an Instrument of Musical Democracy / Drake Andersen ; Unfixed Media : On the Aesthetics of HIP and Interactive Computer Music / Kimary Fick and Jason Fick ; Minimalism and the Post-War Early Music Revival / Loren Ludwig ; Historical Performance and the Ethos of Graphic Notation : Reading Pre-Twentieth-Century Scores Through the Lens of an Avant-Garde Notation / Rebecca Cypess David Hyun-su Kim, and Elly Toyoda -- Part Two. New Music for Old Instruments. Parallel and Contemporary Vocal Practices : Vibrato, Historically Informed Performance, and New Music / Rachael Lansang and Eric Rice ; A Contemporary Lesson from an Ancient Flute : Tradition as a Key to Innovation / Matteo Gemolo ; The Evolution of Modern Clavichord Music / Francis Knights ; A Natural Horn Revival in Contemporary Composition and Performance / J. Drew Stephen ; Technology and/as Community in Molly Herron's Through Lines (2021) / Rebecca Cypess -- Part Three. Case Studies. Feeding the Flexible Omnivore : Collaborative Systems in A Far Cry and Roomful of Teeth / Estelí Gomez and Sarah Darling ; The Early Music Vocality of Cathy Berberian / Kailan R. Rubinoff ; The Confrontation of Old and New in Lost Objects / Victoria Aschheim."The worlds of new music and historically informed performance might seem quite distant from one another. Yet, upon closer consideration, clear points of convergence emerge. Not only do many contemporary performers move easily between these two worlds, but they often do so using a shared ethos of flexibility, improvisation, curiosity, and collaboration-collaboration with composers past and present, with other performers, and with audiences. Bringing together expert scholars and performers considering a wide range of issues and case studies, Historical Performance and New Music-the first book of its kind-addresses the synergies in aesthetics and practices in historical performance and new music. The essays treat matters including technologies and media such as laptops, printing presses, and graphic notation; new music written for period instruments from natural horns to the clavichord; personalities such as the pioneering singer Cathy Berberian; the musically "omnivorous" ensembles A Far Cry and Roomful of Teeth; and composers Luciano Berio, David Lang, Molly Herron, Caroline Shaw, and many others. Historical Performance and New Music presents pathbreaking ideas in an accessible style that speaks to performers, composers, scholars, and music lovers alike. Richly documented and diverse in its methods and subject matter, this book will open new conversations about contemporary musical life"--