Nicolas MARTY, VOX-2 by Trevor Wishart. From soundscape to concrete metaphor

Abstract

This analysis aims at demonstrating the validity of the realistic, metaphoric and
symbolic domains in apprehending electroacoustic music pieces which use
referential sounds. Particularly, it is Trevor Wishart’s work in its entirety that is
adapted to a semantic-symbolic vision journeying from the composer’s point of
view to that of the listener. After an overview of Wishart’s compositional concepts
and of the cycle in which VOX-2 appears, the article tries to describe the various
stylistic orientations which this piece engages, from acoustic ecology to real-time
mixed works.