Harp and Electronics: Composition, Design, and Performance.
This article outlines methods, considerations, and challenges for composing and performing with harp and electronics, investigated over the last five years. My background is in Irish traditional music and in experimental, contemporary, and computer music, as a composer, programmer, performer, and so...
| Published in: | Contemporary Music Review Vol. 38; no. 6; pp. 645 - 667 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2019
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