DOI: 10.36871 / hon.202002006
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
have 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.
Even greater involvement of people in the process of musical communication was facilitated
by the appearance of electronic and mechanical means of recording music. The emergence
of new opportunities in the field of sound dynamics control, its timbre, influenced the development
of musical thinking. A new industry of "production" has emerged with the involvement
of professional musicians who own modern recording equipment and specialize in the
production of "artificial" musical products. This process was accompanied by the formation of
a new audience of listeners who preferred recording to live sound.
Keywords
acoustic and visual means of musical communication, musical notation, printing, sound recording, magnetic recording of visual series