Heft 04 / Oktober 2018

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Sound as Form: The Development of Sound Spaces in »Mani.Mono« for Solo Spring Drum (2007) by Pierluigi Billone
Mani.Mono (2007) by Pierluigi Billone opens up a wide and fascinating sonic space that far exceeds the supposed limitations of the spring drum, an unusual instrument normally only used for individual effects. Using spectromorphological methods of analysis, this essay identifies three basic sound types that form the key elements in the system of sonic coordinates: percussive impulses, metallic noises and rumbling overtone clusters. The author examines how Billone develops, varies and combines these sound types in the course of the piece, and how, in this way, the piece’s sonic disposition significantly (co)­determines the structural and formal construction of the work.

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