Listener-Based Analysis of Electroacoustic Music: A Selected Chronology of Methods as Applied to Amproprification #1 and Sorstalanság

Abstract

Since the introduction of electroacoustic music analysis in the 1960s, many distinct methods of analysis have been created such as spectromorphology, sonograms, and listener-based methods. However, no standardized method of analysis has been agreed upon, and little advancement has been made in terms of solidifying an authoritative method for analysis of electroacoustic music. This document chronicles a history of methods of electroacoustic music analysis, and demonstrates the use of different methods in the investigation of two pieces for electroacoustic bass clarinet: Amproprification #1 by Maximillian Marcoll, and Sorstalanság by Jorge Vasquez-Solvagno.