Gabry-Thienpont S., Puig Nicolas. (2025). Electricity as a paradigm of creativity in the music of the Mediterranean and Arab world [introduction]. In :
Anagnostou P. (ed.), Gabry-Thienpont S. (ed.), Puig Nicolas (ed.). Création musicale et électrification sonore en Méditerranée (XXe-XXIe s.) [dossier]. Égypte Soudan Mondes Arabes, 26, 19-34. ISSN 3062-5920.
Titre du document
Electricity as a paradigm of creativity in the music of the Mediterranean and Arab world [introduction]
Année de publication
2025
Type de document
Article
Auteurs
Gabry-Thienpont S., Puig Nicolas
In
Anagnostou P. (ed.), Gabry-Thienpont S. (ed.), Puig Nicolas (ed.) Création musicale et électrification sonore en Méditerranée (XXe-XXIe s.) [dossier]
The emergence of electricity made it possible to physically fix and to reproduce music. However, it also led to new perspectives in composition, which developed in tandem with the concurrent emergence of sound reproduction techniques and the possibilities presented by sound reinforcement. New instruments appeared releasing new creative dynamics, and electrification in general contributed to the emergence of novel musical compositions that have become part of the cultural history of the Mediterranean basin and the Arab world. What does sound electrification do to music, its status and its production? How is sound reinforcement technology used, and to what ends? What does the circulation of music and its economy tell us of the Mediterranean and Arab world? Does this region embody only one single geographical, cultural, and historical characteristic? The introduction to this special issue aims to intertwine the questions of musical composition and writing with those of sound electrification in order to examine the notion of the aesthetics of electrification as a unifying principle in the production of music in this region
