The music of earthquakes and Earthquake Quartet #1
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Abstract
Earthquake Quartet #1, my composition for voice, trombone, cello, and seismograms, is the intersection of listening to earthquakes as a seismologist and performing music as a trombonist. Along the way, I realized there is a close relationship between what I do as a scientist and what I do as a musician. A musician controls the source of the sound and the path it travels through their instrument in order to make sound waves that we hear as music. An earthquake is the source of waves that travel along a path through the earth until reaching us as shaking. It is almost as if the earth is a musician and people, including seismologists, are metaphorically listening and trying to understand what the music means.
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Michael, A.J., 2013, The music of earthquakes and Earthquake Quartet #1, chap. of Konrad Smolenski's S.T.R.H., p. 52-77.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | The music of earthquakes and Earthquake Quartet #1 |
| Year Published | 2013 |
| Language | English, Polish |
| Publisher | Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Art |
| Publisher location | Gdańsk,Poland |
| Contributing office(s) | Earthquake Science Center |
| Description | 26 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Other Government Series |
| Larger Work Title | Konrad Smolenski's S.T.R.H. |
| First page | 52 |
| Last page | 77 |