Listening for Locality: A Sense of Place in the Music of Sigur Rós, Dan Deacon, Sō Percussion, and Nick Zammuto
Since the start of the 21st century—and mostly in the past five years—Sigur Rós, Dan Deacon, Sō Percussion, and Nick Zammuto actively investigated their homes and found them to be inspiring, if sometimes difficult to confront or articulate. They wrote music resulting from their individual investigat...
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ftfloridasu:oai:diginole.lib.fsu.edu:fsu_360340 2024-06-09T07:47:14+00:00 Listening for Locality: A Sense of Place in the Music of Sigur Rós, Dan Deacon, Sō Percussion, and Nick Zammuto DelCiampo, Matthew (authoraut) Von Glahn, Denise (professor directing dissertation) Coutts, Christopher (university representative) Gunderson, Frank D. (committee member) Jackson, Margaret R. (committee member) Florida State University (degree granting institution) College of Music (degree granting college) 2016 1 online resource (286 pages) computer https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu%3A360340/datastream/TN/view/Listening%20for%20Locality.jpg English eng eng Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University fsu:360340 (IID) FSU_2016SP_DelCiampo_fsu_0071E_13061 (URL) http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_2016SP_DelCiampo_fsu_0071E_13061 https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu%3A360340/datastream/TN/view/Listening%20for%20Locality.jpg This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). The copyright in theses and dissertations completed at Florida State University is held by the students who author them. Music Human ecology--Study and teaching Geography Text 2016 ftfloridasu 2024-05-10T08:08:11Z Since the start of the 21st century—and mostly in the past five years—Sigur Rós, Dan Deacon, Sō Percussion, and Nick Zammuto actively investigated their homes and found them to be inspiring, if sometimes difficult to confront or articulate. They wrote music resulting from their individual investigations. Certain albums, like Sō Percussion's Where (we) Live (2012) and Dan Deacon's America (2012), candidly explored place, while Nick Zammuto's Anchor (2014) obliquely referenced his family's homestead. In the case of Sigur Rós, Iceland undoubtedly has been an influence, although the band finds place-based descriptions of its music to be problematic. By identifying the musicians' senses of place—their psychological and emotional attachments to specific places—I contextualize the role that place plays in their lives and explore strategies of listening for locality within their music. Using these four groups as case studies, this dissertation explores the relationship of music and place. It also draws parallels between the groups' music and a recent ascendancy of place and public concern for the environment. I argue that the musicians in this study are producing work that coincides with an invigorated attention to location—examples of which include digitization of place, the migration of younger generations away from suburban living, and anxieties regarding anthropogenic climate change. Sigur Rós, Dan Deacon, Sō Percussion, and Nick Zammuto are thus part of both a cohort of place-conscious citizens and a bevy of contemporary musicians and composers who are exploring place. Submitted Note: A Dissertation submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Degree Awarded: Spring Semester 2016. Date of Defense: March 18, 2016. Keywords: Dan Deacon, Music, Nick Zammuto, Place, Sigur Ros, So Percussion Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references. Advisory Committee: Denise Von Glahn, Professor Directing Dissertation; Chris Coutts, ... Text Iceland Florida State University: DigiNole Commons Homestead ENVELOPE(-119.369,-119.369,55.517,55.517) Denise ENVELOPE(70.233,70.233,-49.350,-49.350) Deacon ENVELOPE(-59.987,-59.987,-73.248,-73.248) |
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Since the start of the 21st century—and mostly in the past five years—Sigur Rós, Dan Deacon, Sō Percussion, and Nick Zammuto actively investigated their homes and found them to be inspiring, if sometimes difficult to confront or articulate. They wrote music resulting from their individual investigations. Certain albums, like Sō Percussion's Where (we) Live (2012) and Dan Deacon's America (2012), candidly explored place, while Nick Zammuto's Anchor (2014) obliquely referenced his family's homestead. In the case of Sigur Rós, Iceland undoubtedly has been an influence, although the band finds place-based descriptions of its music to be problematic. By identifying the musicians' senses of place—their psychological and emotional attachments to specific places—I contextualize the role that place plays in their lives and explore strategies of listening for locality within their music. Using these four groups as case studies, this dissertation explores the relationship of music and place. It also draws parallels between the groups' music and a recent ascendancy of place and public concern for the environment. I argue that the musicians in this study are producing work that coincides with an invigorated attention to location—examples of which include digitization of place, the migration of younger generations away from suburban living, and anxieties regarding anthropogenic climate change. Sigur Rós, Dan Deacon, Sō Percussion, and Nick Zammuto are thus part of both a cohort of place-conscious citizens and a bevy of contemporary musicians and composers who are exploring place. Submitted Note: A Dissertation submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Degree Awarded: Spring Semester 2016. Date of Defense: March 18, 2016. Keywords: Dan Deacon, Music, Nick Zammuto, Place, Sigur Ros, So Percussion Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references. Advisory Committee: Denise Von Glahn, Professor Directing Dissertation; Chris Coutts, ... |
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DelCiampo, Matthew (authoraut) Von Glahn, Denise (professor directing dissertation) Coutts, Christopher (university representative) Gunderson, Frank D. (committee member) Jackson, Margaret R. (committee member) Florida State University (degree granting institution) College of Music (degree granting college) |
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