The dialects of the sound object

Musical Performance 5 Chris Irvine

O Fortuna from Carmine Burana (Orff)- Seiji Ozawa/ Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The dialects of the sound object:
When listening to this piece the immediate and obvious associations I have are completely directed by external associations. This is unfortunate because I will not experience the piece for the first time, therefore the encounter will not have its initial impact as a separate entity. The concept that I have built through countless listening experiences is a cumulative interpretation of the piece in question. In taking into account my previous history as a listener of the musical object, I find that my perceptions (which have evolved to concepts) have been moulded through the experiences that I have had when listening to it. The generality of the construction of the concept is of which all of these listening experiences have in common. The historic associations are built through continual interpretations of the piece. In a social c...