DOI: 10.36871/hon.202001003
Authors
A. N. Yakoupov
Russian State Specialized Academy of Arts, Moscow, Russian Federation
Abstract
In the article the means of musical communication and their evolution are considered in the
historical and analytical aspect. There are two types of communication tools: acoustic, using
the airspace as a channel for transmitting encoded information, and visual, which include
stage design, allowing to perceive music as a kind of theatrical performance, and musical notation,
graphically fixing all the components of the musical text. As the earliest means of nonwritten
communication, the oral method is put forward, a vivid example of which is folklore,
often called the musical memory of generations. Other examples of oral communication are
cult music, improvisation and musical meditation.
It is stated that musical writing, in particular, musical notation, and later printing tools
created conditions for overcoming spatial and temporal barriers to the spread of music. The
next step is the invention of technical sound recording, which opened a new era in the development
of communications. Magnetic recording of the visual series made it possible to create
concert films and opera films. The emergence of electronic and mechanical means of music
recording contributed significantly to greater involvement of people in the process of musical
communication.
Keywords
acoustic and visual means of musical communication, musical notation, printing, sound recording, magnetic recording of visual series
