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Clavecin Oculaire (VII)

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Composer/performer: Maya Verlaak www.maya.ricercata.org (April 2015) "Clavecin Oculaire" in reference to “Louis-Bertrand Castel, 1725 Video of TIK TAK baby television program (1981-1991) Mil Lenssens, Dienst Jeugd BRT, Belgium This piece is part of my Research pieces series: I contextualize instrument building within a broad panorama of the time and place revolving around contemporary regional philosophical, scientific, and political concepts that the instrument was built within. Concentrating on the whys and the hows: with what knowledge, in what political situation was an instrument built, how was it used and legitimized as an instrument? I will be playing every time the same melody. Like this we focus on the instrument, not on the music played on the instrument and can re-evaluate compositional writing: The melody will change according to the instrumental characteristics of the instrument in question. This research influences the creation of concepts for new compositions and a method to reflect on instrument, composers instrumental use and instrumental building today. Because of my working method, my piece is tied to the particular instrument. This necessitates rewriting the piece when it is taken up by different instruments, forcing me to re-evaluate the connection between my musical concepts and their means of execution. How can (forgotten) instruments, as concept or practice, be re-contextualized in music practice and composition today? Employing music instruments’ history to reinvent forgotten instruments and use their context to revise creative compositional writing. 1) Oktober 2014 Research piece I: „Glass harmonica” (or De prodigiosa sonorum vi et efficacia) 2) November 2014 Research piece II: „The Nail violin” (for Nail Violin and Baroque Violin) 3) December 2014 Research piece III: „The Tromba Marina” (for Baroque Cello, Baroque Trumpet and modern trumpet) 4) January 2015 Research piece IV: “The Aeolian Harp” ( for Aeolian Harp-Bike, piano and video) 5) February 2015 Research piece V: “The Lira Organizzata “(for piano and electronics) 6) March 2015 Research piece VI: Cat piano vs Clavéssin Electrique (installation) 7) April 2015 Research piece VII: The Ocular Harpsichord (for video and performer)

Clavecin Oculaire (VII)

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• published: 01 May 2015
• views: 1081

Composer/performer: Maya Verlaak www.maya.ricercata.org (April 2015) "Clavecin Oculaire" in reference to “Louis-Bertrand Castel, 1725 Video of TIK TAK baby television program (1981-1991) Mil Lenssens, Dienst Jeugd BRT, Belgium This piece is part of my Research pieces series: I contextualize instrument building within a broad panorama of the time and place revolving around contemporary regional philosophical, scientific, and political concepts that the instrument was built within. Concentrating on the whys and the hows: with what knowledge, in what political situation was an instrument built, how was it used and legitimized as an instrument? I will be playing every time the same melody. Like this we focus on the instrument, not on the music played on the instrument and can re-evaluate compositional writing: The melody will change according to the instrumental characteristics of the instrument in question. This research influences the creation of concepts for new compositions and a method to reflect on instrument, composers instrumental use and instrumental building today. Because of my working method, my piece is tied to the particular instrument. This necessitates rewriting the piece when it is taken up by different instruments, forcing me to re-evaluate the connection between my musical concepts and their means of execution. How can (forgotten) instruments, as concept or practice, be re-contextualized in music practice and composition today? Employing music instruments’ history to reinvent forgotten instruments and use their context to revise creative compositional writing. 1) Oktober 2014 Research piece I: „Glass harmonica” (or De prodigiosa sonorum vi et efficacia) 2) November 2014 Research piece II: „The Nail violin” (for Nail Violin and Baroque Violin) 3) December 2014 Research piece III: „The Tromba Marina” (for Baroque Cello, Baroque Trumpet and modern trumpet) 4) January 2015 Research piece IV: “The Aeolian Harp” ( for Aeolian Harp-Bike, piano and video) 5) February 2015 Research piece V: “The Lira Organizzata “(for piano and electronics) 6) March 2015 Research piece VI: Cat piano vs Clavéssin Electrique (installation) 7) April 2015 Research piece VII: The Ocular Harpsichord (for video and performer)