Since the beginnings of musical art, composers have been reflecting on the social topics of their time. We can mention the great industrial revolution and Honneger's composition inspired by the Pacific 271 steam locomotive. Radioactive decay is one of the basic phenomena in the universe thanks to which our Earth is kept in balance. The first part of this work deals with a brief history and current trends in working with numbers as well as with generative music and reflections of the natural environment in music. The second part explores the history of radioactivity in conjunction with music and presentes a few examples of direct evidence that throughout the history of music, radioactivity has already been dealt with by composers. It also outlines a possible linkage of the two themes and refers to the art form of soundscape. The third part describes scientific measurements and shows on a few specific musical examples the practical possibilities of using radioactive data in compositional practice.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:178028 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Cílková, Eliška |
| Contributors | RATAJ, Michal, TROJAN, Jan |
| Publisher | Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Hudební a taneční fakulta. Knihovna |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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