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Show 12 The breaking down of language and phonetically based vocal pieces would become the focus of composers such as Henri Pousseur, Mauricio Kagel, and Gyorgy Ligeti later in the century. Berio's vocal pieces would also break down language, but he would break down coherent language whereas the Dadaists started from phonetic sounds only. Symbiosis: Electronic Media and the Extended Voice As discussed above, before the invention of electronic music, composers interested in writing non-bel canto style vocal music did it in ways that involved vocal sounds. spoken Spoken declamation, phonetic collages, and mixtures of speech and singing (Sprechstimme) were the major extended techniques developed in the early twentieth century. The invention of electronic music would invite composers to think even more freely about the voice, independently of singing and speaking. As electronic composers explored the sound capabilities of their machines, they would imitate these capabilities in traditional instruments, like the voice. This prompted many composers to use the voice in new ways. Some authors have noted the influence of EVT on electronic music while others have noted the influence of electronic music on EVT. The relationship is symbiotic, each medium contributing to the development of the other. Explorations of extended vocal sounds and electronic sounds have in common an endless array of possibilities and a scant formal tradition. It is only natural that the first composers of truly extended vocal music were also active in electronic studios. With developments in electronic music came a new awareness of sound, and within a narrow time frame, composers such as Berio, Boulez, Stockhausen, Babbitt, Oliveros, and later La Barbara, Wishart and many |
