Thema (Omaggio a Joyce)

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"Thema (Omaggio a Joyce)" is an experimental electroacoustic composition by Luciano Berio that explores the fragmentation and transformation of the spoken voice using text from James Joyce.

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instanceOf electroacoustic composition
experimental music work
artForm electronic music
basedOnAuthor James Joyce NERFINISHED
basedOnWork Ulysses NERFINISHED
composer Luciano Berio NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Italy
creator Luciano Berio NERFINISHED
dedicatedTo James Joyce NERFINISHED
explores border between speech and music
musicality of speech
phonetic structure of language
featuresPerformer Cathy Berberian NERFINISHED
genre electroacoustic music
musique concrète
hasInfluenceOn experimental text-sound compositions
later electroacoustic vocal works
hasPart electronic transformations of vocal material
processed readings from James Joyce
hasVocalType spoken voice only
hasWorkType tape piece
influencedBy James Joyce NERFINISHED
literary modernism
language English
movement avant-garde music
post-war experimental music
notableFor exploration of phonetic and semantic aspects of language
innovative treatment of the human voice
integration of literary text and electronic sound
period 20th-century music
primaryMedium magnetic tape
relatedWorkByComposer Sequenza series NERFINISHED
Visage NERFINISHED
soundSource spoken voice
subject deconstruction of narrative text
relationship between sound and meaning in language
technique fragmentation of speech
montage
tape manipulation
transformation of spoken voice
titleTranslation Thema (Homage to Joyce) NERFINISHED
usesTechnology studio tape techniques
usesTextFrom James Joyce NERFINISHED

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Luciano Berio notableWork Thema (Omaggio a Joyce)