Resumen de Composition as Artistic Device
In this essay I elaborate on different approaches to music composition that show movements of expansion of the music discipline towards the real, lived world. These happen through mechanisms that incorporate what are usually considered extra-musical elements into the musical work. From programme music, to musique concrète, soundscape composition and more recent artistic manifestations that reflect attempts to mean outside the work, this article traverses notions such as autonomy, relational and conceptual music, expansion of the field, and the dispositif to understand how these mechanisms operate. Finally, I will reflect on an artistic device for music creation, that may work as an interface between work and world, giving some examples of my own work.
