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Hearing Music with the Ears of a Composer
- Leonardo Music Journal
- The MIT Press
- Volume 26, 2016
- pp. 32-34
- Article
- Additional Information
The author, a composer, compares the experience of composing music to the experience of “just” listening and finds the point where these two meet: in the moment of hearing a new sound. The author provides examples as described by other composers and finds a consistency in the way they recall their experiences. Their stories indicate the direction for further study of this rare but highly formative type of musical experience.