Papers 学術論文 by Cathy Cox
Contemporary Music Review, 2018
The author examines the study and implementation of serial electronic music techniques of the Col... more The author examines the study and implementation of serial electronic music techniques of the Cologne School—specifically those Karlheinz Stockhausen employed in his 'Studie I & II' (1953/54)—by Japanese electronic music pioneer Toshiro Mayuzumi through his works 'Music for Sine Waves by Sequences of Prime Number Ratios' (1955) and, in collaboration with Makoto Moroi, '7 Variations' (1956), both realized at the NHK Electronic Music Studio. Mayuzumi's account of 'Music for Sine Waves' in his essay 'The Principles of Electronic Music' is cross-examined with Stockhausen's account of 'Studie I' in his essay 'Komposition 1953 Nr. 2'; while technical details from Mayuzumi's program note and Moroi's essay about '7 Variations' are compared with those in Stockhausen's score for 'Studie II'. Attention is also given to Mayuzumi's own assessment of the works and his ultimate abandonment of electronic music composition.
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Contemporary Music Review, 2018
Program note for Toshiro Mayuzumi's contribution to the serial electronic work, 'Shichi no Variat... more Program note for Toshiro Mayuzumi's contribution to the serial electronic work, 'Shichi no Variation' ('Variations of 7', or '7 Variations'), a collaboration with fellow Japanese composer Makoto Moroi carried out at the NHK electronic music studio in 1956. Here, Mayuzumi describes the structure of the seventh and longest variation, the sound sources and techniques used, and his general thoughts regarding electronic music. First published as a program note to the concert 'An Evening of Contemporary Music, No. 1: Ars Nova' at the Dai-ichi Semei Hall in Tokyo on March 28, 1957, this text appears here translated into English for the first time.
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Contemporary Music Review, 2018
First published in the April 1956 issue of the magazine ‘Ongaku Geijutsu’ (The Art of Music), and... more First published in the April 1956 issue of the magazine ‘Ongaku Geijutsu’ (The Art of Music), and drawing heavily on two German texts from 1954 that had been unofficially translated into Japanese, composer and electronic music pioneer Toshiro Mayuzumi presents an overview of electronic music divided into four sections: (1) a historical perspective positioning electronic music as developing from twelve-tone compositional techniques; (2) a brief history and overview of activities of the Cologne Electronic Music Studio; (3) an overview of the techniques of electronic music, including an account of Mayuzumi’s first experimental electronic music composition, ‘Music for Sine Waves by Sequences of Prime Number Ratios’ (1955) composed at the NHK studio in Tokyo; and (4) some of the composer’s own thoughts on the tasks and future of electronic music. This article appears here translated into English for the first time.
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Leonardo Music Journal, 2016
Motivated by Marshall McLuhan’s suggestion that advances in technology serve to alter sense perce... more Motivated by Marshall McLuhan’s suggestion that advances in technology serve to alter sense perceptions, and that it is the role of artists to be aware of such changes, the author explores intersections and contrasts among five different approaches to the subject and practice of ear training in the context of sound recording technology, with attention to how these approaches serve to expand and challenge traditional ear training pedagogy and what these changes to tradition reveal about how sound recording technology has altered our sense perceptions.
Emille: The Journal of the Korean Electro-Acoustic Music Society, 2014
Pierre Schaeffer's notion of reduced listening, closely related to his concept of the objet sonor... more Pierre Schaeffer's notion of reduced listening, closely related to his concept of the objet sonore (sound-object), encourages analytical attention to internal sound relationships only, downplaying real-world associations. This approach to analysis mirrors conventional practice in the analysis of Western instrumental music, with its philosophical underpinning in German metaphysics. However, such methods run the risk of missing the full potential that audio technology holds in altering sense perceptions, as they fail to recognize how the affordance of virtual events and spaces can play a central role in the experience of certain electroacoustic works. Short analyses of three works—Hildegard Westerkamp's "Cricket Voice" (1987), Judy Klein's "The Wolves of Bays Mountain" (1998), and Yves Daoust's "Mi Bémol" (1990)—are presented, revealing a key structural role in each case to the play between abstracted and real sound- worlds. In conclusion, the author argues in favor of real-world contextual-awareness in mapping the listening experience as a model for the analysis of electroacoustic works, along with a re-positioning of the aims of analysis.
eContact!, 2011
In this paper, I use the program for a concert of electroacoustic music as a point of departure f... more In this paper, I use the program for a concert of electroacoustic music as a point of departure for discussing issues related to teaching electroacoustic music in the musicology or music theory classroom. Specifically, I examine the implied pedagogical framework of the Masterpieces of 20th Century Multi-channel Tape Music concert (hosted by Columbia University in the summer of 2000 as part of the Lincoln Center 2000 Festival) as it presented six works to a general, non-academic audience. In conclusion I suggest educators resist the urge to establish new canons of electroacoustic works, and instead employ pedagogical approaches that encourage critical engagement with contemporary musical works from a variety of perspectives.
Current Musicology, 2004
The translator's introduction provides a description of Wagner's 1898 première production and Cos... more The translator's introduction provides a description of Wagner's 1898 première production and Cosima's 1888 production; an overview of Appia's general theory on stage productions; and a summary of Appia's vision for "Die Meistersinger." Appia's essay, translated from the original French, describes a hypothetical stage production of Richard Wagner's music drama "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg)"; overview of the outdoor and interior settings for each of the play's acts; material forms of abstraction on stage; role of lighting in the overall presentation; and background of the play's characters.
Music Research: New Directions for a New Century (Cambridge Scholars Press), 2004
A proposal for developing a theory of interactive musical works by defining and evaluating 'inter... more A proposal for developing a theory of interactive musical works by defining and evaluating 'interactivity' according to the type of control input, directness of control, sound techniques under control, performer type, and performance type.
Thesis Chapters 学位論文 by Cathy Cox
PhD Dissertation, Columbia University, 2006
Exploration of issues related to music composed for diffusion over loudspeakers, beginning with a... more Exploration of issues related to music composed for diffusion over loudspeakers, beginning with a historical overview. Subsequent chapters discuss terminology for the classification of such music, theories of listening, approaches to ear-training, the aesthetics of mimesis in music, and methods of analysis.
Schoenberg's Early Dehmel Settings
MA Thesis, Washington University in St. Louis, 1996
Analyses of Arnold Schoenberg's songs "Mädchenfrühling" (1897), "Mannesbangen" (1899), and "Erheb... more Analyses of Arnold Schoenberg's songs "Mädchenfrühling" (1897), "Mannesbangen" (1899), and "Erhebung" (1899), with attention to the relationship between music and text.
Reports 報告書 by Cathy Cox
芸術教育研究（玉川大学芸術学部メディア・アーツ学科教育研究紀要）, 2013
A report on the goals and objectives for a class on the history of electronic and computer music ... more A report on the goals and objectives for a class on the history of electronic and computer music originally intended for American students and making use of the latest digital teaching aids, and how the design of the class was modified to meet the needs of Japanese students studying in English.
芸術教育研究（玉川大学芸術学部メディア・デザイン学科教育研究紀要）, 2017
(Written in Japanese) A report on teaching Schenkerian techniques for the analysis of tonal musi... more (Written in Japanese) A report on teaching Schenkerian techniques for the analysis of tonal music, with an example analysis of Robert Schumann's 'Ich grolle nicht' (Dichterliebe Op. 48, Nr. 7). Includes a brief introduction to the music theorist Heinrich Schenker, whose theory is not generally taught in Western music classrooms in Japan and whose writings have only very recently begun to be translated into Japanese.
芸術教育研究（玉川大学芸術学部メディア・デザイン学科教育研究紀要）, 2016
A report on active learning practices in a course on the history of music and technology, drawing... more A report on active learning practices in a course on the history of music and technology, drawing comparisons with four strategies used in educational programs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
芸術教育研究（玉川大学芸術学部メディア・デザイン学科教育研究紀要）, 2015
A report on the integration of language and culture studies in a course on American popular music... more A report on the integration of language and culture studies in a course on American popular music, and the use of the university's online learning environment to create a multimedia textbook.
Conference Presentations 学会発表 by Cathy Cox
シンポジウム： 電子音響音楽と日本の音楽学 JSSA 11 / Asia Computer Music Project (ACMP), Tokyo, 2011
An exploration of trends and challenges regarding musicological research on electroacoustic music... more An exploration of trends and challenges regarding musicological research on electroacoustic music by means of a survey of relevant articles published in leading North American journals of musicology and music theory from the 1930s through the end of the twentieth century.
Composing with Food: Technical and Aesthetic Considerations for the Installation "Eating"
Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium, 2010
Reflections on the making of "Eating," a sound installation in collaboration with Korean visual a... more Reflections on the making of "Eating," a sound installation in collaboration with Korean visual artist Jaehwa Shin that uses sound to explore her struggles with an eating disorder.
Scientific Language, Technological Hearing, and Subjective Listening: When 'Traditional' Analysis Meets Electroacoustic Music
日本音楽学会第６０回全国大会, 2009
A critique of the emphasis on scientific language and apparent objectivity over subjectivity in b... more A critique of the emphasis on scientific language and apparent objectivity over subjectivity in both American music theory and European electroacoustic music tradition.
The Question of Canon in Electro-Acoustic Music: A Case Study in Instituting Masterpieces
New Music and the Musical Canon: A Symposium on Composition in the Twenty-first Century, 2007
A critical examination of the possible criteria for selecting works to represent masterpieces of ... more A critical examination of the possible criteria for selecting works to represent masterpieces of electroacoustic music in a high-profile concert event.
Using a Wiki as a Pedagogical Tool
American Musicological Society and Society for Music Theory Joint Annual Meeting, 2006
Discussion of the pros and cons of using wiki technology for collective knowledge building in a c... more Discussion of the pros and cons of using wiki technology for collective knowledge building in a classroom environment.
Interactive Technologies in Music Composition: Towards a Theory of Interactivity
25th Annual Meeting of the Musicological Society of Australia, 2002
A proposal for developing a theory of interactive musical works by defining and evaluating 'inter... more A proposal for developing a theory of interactive musical works by defining and evaluating 'interactivity' according to four qualifying parameters.
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Papers 学術論文 by Cathy Cox
A free eprint of this paper is available at https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/U5XGIJjXhjzYgHxDgh4f/full
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Thesis Chapters 学位論文 by Cathy Cox
Reports 報告書 by Cathy Cox
Conference Presentations 学会発表 by Cathy Cox