Ukhu pacha and La historia de nosotros : electroacoustic music composition portfolio

• Main Author: Moncada, Jorge Gregorio García
• Published: University of Birmingham 2013
• Subjects: 780; M Music
• Online Access: https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.600248

This composition portfolio comprises two large musical works which explore non-Western musical instruments in electroacoustic music contexts. The fututos and the maguaré, two fundamental signalling and ritual instruments from the Latin American highlands and rain forests, reside in the cultural collective memory of two native nations as paramount archetypal sounds. Cultural values around the instruments such as symbology and ritual functions were analysed whilst constructing the contextual soundworld that hosts the material within the works. Two large electroacoustic works, ukhu pacha and La historia de nosotros, are based on archaeological, historical, literary and mythological sources from different South American historical and geographical locations. All sharing octophonic setups as a common multichannel format, the works display a variety of media configurations, including works for fixed audio media, mixed and instruments with live electronics. The accompanying commentary on the pieces focuses on a discussion of their musical and referential relation to their sources. Likewise, detailed musical analysis of certain compositional strategies is presented.