plunderphonics
plunderphonics noun: a form of musical composition based on the unauthorized use of existing audio recordings.
Noun
plunderphonics (uncountable)
- A form of musical composition based on the unauthorized use of existing audio recordings.
- Such a practice (which is autosonic, by the way) could be viewed as a “mega-editing” process; but I would like to draw a distinction between plunderphonics and edited versions, because the former clearly aim to denature the hypotext.2007, Allan F. Moore, Critical Essays in Popular Musicology, Routledge
Origin of plunderphonics
Coined by Canadian composer John Oswald in 1985, as plunder + -phonics, in the essay Plunderphonics, or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative.
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Questions about plunderphonics
- What does plunderphonics mean?
- Plunderphonics means a form of musical composition based on the unauthorized use of existing audio recordings.
- What part of speech is plunderphonics?
- Plunderphonics is a noun.
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