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Deegan, Matthew (2023) Exploring Nonlinear Time Within Interactive and Adaptive Electronic Music Composition. PhD thesis, University of Gloucestershire. doi:10.46289/UURP4840
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This practice-based research employs Unreal Engine game development software to compose nonlinear interactive and adaptive electronic music compositions. Nonlinearity is a focus point, and examining three distinct nonlinear standpoints provides a multi-faceted perspective and approach through philosophical principles, compositional structures, and game application. Presenting the development of a nonlinear electronic music composition framework and the subsequent affordances is key to achieving these standpoints. The accompanying portfolio is comprised of five artefacts, two mobile applications (apps), and three desktop apps. Each of the five apps focuses on a different aspect of electronic music composition and feeds into the nonlinear electronic music composition framework. The outcome expands nonlinear music theories developed by music theorist Jonathan Kramer and explores Kramer’s nonlinear categories, vertical time, moment form, modules, and gestural time. This project also reflects on the future development within this growing field. The unique research contributions established by this project reclassify linear and nonlinear concepts of time, ‘vertical time’, ‘moment form’, ‘modules’, and ‘gestural time’ as sub-genres of nonlinear time. Within these newly established sub-genres, gestural time has been combined with manual granulation to forge a link between theory and practice and become a useable practical compositional tool, which is highlighted in practice within the artefacts. The final substantial research contribution is the Nonlinear Electronic Music Framework, which outlines the process of composing nonlinear electronic music from theoretical and practical standpoints.
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| Subjects: | M Music and Books on Music > M Music M Music and Books on Music > M Music > M5-1480 Instumental music > M1470-1480 Aleatory music. Electronic music. Mixed media. |
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| Divisions: | Schools and Research Institutes > School of Arts, Culture and Environment | ||||||||||||
| Depositing User: | Anna Kerr | ||||||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 07 Nov 2025 09:58 | ||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Nov 2025 10:13 | ||||||||||||
| URI: | https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/15512 |
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