the disappearing session or the paradox of high fidelity associate professor tore simonsen norwegian...
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The Disappearing Sessionor
The Paradox of High Fidelity
Associate professor Tore SimonsenNorwegian Academy of Music, Oslo
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A picture of a sessionA representation of the score
Edward Elgar: Carissima Recorded 1914
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Francis F. Clough & G. J. Cuming: The world's encyclopaedia of recorded music
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Claude Graveley Arnold:The Orchestra on Record 1896 – 1926
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Edward Elgar: CarissimaRecorded 1929
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Manipulation of balance Electrical recordingManipulation of time Tape recordingManipulation of simultainetyMultitrack recording
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The paradox of High Fidelity:
The picture (of the session) was seemingly more and more transparent
But in reality the picture became more and more opaque
Like the transition from a photo to a painting?
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A picture of a sessionA representation of the scoreA studio construction
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A studio construction
Electronic musicTheodore Grazyck: Rock MusicLee Brown: Work of Phonography
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From the Naxos booklet:
Edward Elgar: CarissimaRecorded 2004
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The consequenses of taking WP seriously
WPs are something else than live musicWP’s origins are in principle not accessible to usWPs have no history when listeningAll phonograms are WPs