An Introduction to Musical Onomatopoeia
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Abstract
The subject of musical onomatopoeia, or imitation of
environmental sounds by musical instruments, has long
been dismissed as unimportant in the context of Western
art music. In this article, I offer a new approach to the
study of musical onomatopoeia by analyzing some of its
fundamental characteristics, with special emphasis on terminology
and critique of the literature. This introductory
investigation represents the first step towards the
development of a specialized study of musical onomatopoeia,
one that will include contributions from
acoustics/psychoacoustics, musical analysis, and historical
musicology.
Keywords: musical composition, musical onomatopeia,
Western art music
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