The Physical Model as Metaphor for Musical Creation: 'pico..TERA', a piece generated by physical model
Cladue Cadoz · University of Michigan Library Repository · 2002
We will present in the first part of this paper a work, pico..TERA, recently created by the author, which is a 290-second piece entirely generated by one (non real-time) run of a complex physical model orchestra. With this work, we will show how a piece can be created, from its micro- to its complete macro-structure by the means of a physically-based formalism. Then we will identify the concepts within the piece that introduce this new dimension of musical construction. From a theoretical analysis of the specific examples and applications in the piece, we will induce and introduce a general conceptual framework for composition through physical modeling and will explain in the last section the fundamental paradigm shift to which it corresponds.