Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article proposes the hypothesis that left-hand piano music evidences acousmatic characteristics, drawing on Brian Kane's concept of 'Acousmaticity' (Kane 2014), which outlines principles for characterising various acousmatic scenarios, contrasting with the "static" state of listening to a sound whose source is unseen (Kane 2014). The illusion of multiple hands at work in left-hand repertoire disrupts the expected link between visual and auditory perception, fostering a specific listening stance often associated with acousmatic perception. As a case study, the work Resignação, melody for the left hand, Op. 39, by José Vianna da Motta, is analysed. A comparison with the composer’s own arrangement for piano (two hands) and flute, Resignação, Op. 40, highlights the fulfilment of the conditions necessary to identify an acousmatic situation in Resignação, Op. 39.
Source: Per Musi
Authors: André Roque Cardoso, Helena Marinho
Institution: University of Aveiro
Language: English
Subfield: Music
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4409361284