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Abstract: The two fields of acousmatic music and site-specific conceptual art take strikingly different approaches to the notions of space and place. In this document, I describe how these two areas of aesthetic research diverge and relate to each other, focusing on how their unique approaches can be implemented in the practice of site-specific music composition. The first part of this document surveys the distinctive features of each of these fields, describing the particular differences between them in their approach to space and place. The contradictions between the two approaches are then briefly analyzed in reference to Georgina Born's understanding of music as fundamentally multitextual. In the second part of the document, I describe in detail how I implemented a site-specific approach when composing "...threaded through," a 16-channel audio, 6 video, site-specific installation for the UNT College of Music Main Building. In this, I describe how both the space and place of the UNT College of Music Main Building influenced my musical choices, visual content, and approach to audio and visual spatialization. The final part of the document contains a detailed score for realizing "...threaded through" in the location of the UNT College of Music Main Building.

Author/Creator:

Vaughn, Mark, 1987- , author

Contributors:

Kokoras, Panayiotis, 1974- , major professor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

"...Threaded Through": The Multitextuality of Site-Specific Music Composition [by Vaughn, M.]

Related Series:

NT dissertation, Music (Complete); [volume] 2021

Subjects:

Composition (Music)

Conceptual art

Computer music

Place (Philosophy) in music

Genres:

Academic theses

Dissertation Notes:

Ph. D. ― University of North Texas, 2021.

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-70).
Description based on: Online resource; title from PDF title page (UNT Digital Library, viewed July 7, 2022).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 95 pages) : illustrations.

Call Numbers:

Electronic Dissertation