The concept of Music as a function of the conceptions of natural environment and human nature

VÍCTOR GÓMEZ PIN

Music FROM physics

JOSÉ MARÍA SÁNCHEZ VERDÚ How the physics has been the basis for music creation in 20th century. The echo of … More

New philosophic interpretations of the music from today

JÖRN PETER HIEKEL Differences in German scope (There is a) very recent production in Viena, in the Wiener Festwochen there was … More

The power of the useless: Soft technologies and fine arts

NATALIA VEGAS We approach the concept of crafts as body of knowledge that belongs to the expert in contrast to … More

Digital Technology and Musical Production Evolution

GOTZON ARRIZABALAGA It is analysed the huge influences that the arrival of the Internet exerted over the contemporary musical phenomenon. … More

A technites of our age

VÍCTOR GÓMEZ PIN. The Greek term technée refers to both “craftsmanship” and “art” as we use these terms nowadays. Therefore … More

Techne and Listening:

ALICIA DÍAZ DE LA FUENTE The Revolution of Avant-Garde Music After the Second World War. After the Second World War, … More

The Meta-Instrument as a Compositional Technique.

ALBERTO ARROYO Strategies of Current Musical Creation. The aesthetic paradigm shift after the Second World War inspired the emergence of … More

Memoria del Rojo: Method, Craft, Technique, and Artistic Purpose

JOSÉ MARÍA SÁNCHEZ-VERDÚ Just as the Islamic masters used certain artisanal techniques based on mathematical, geometric, and theological aspects in … More

Composition as research and/or experiment

J.P. HIEKEL Some experiences in the field of contemporary music. This contribution tries to describe some specific situations and settings within the field … More

The Work of Technites. Kantian Criteria to Discern the Types of Techne.

VÍCTOR GÓMEZ PIN After attributing a series of faculties we share with other animals (sensory capacity, memory, imagination, etc.), the … More

Techne: From Head to Hand (From Counterpoint to Thumb)

GOTZON ARRIZABALAGA Through technique, human beings demonstrate the spectrum of their needs and expectations. They start controlling nature and thus … More

There Is No Music Without Techne

TOMÁS MARCO Music is not a natural phenomenon but a product of humans. All music, by definition, requires a … More

The Artisan’s Hands

FRANCISCO JARAUTA Lewis Mumford has reconstructed the steps that technique has made in its various derivations when determining the complexity