She plays angel music (where people might die)

Michael Wolters

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She plays angel music (where people might die) Post-Internet Music as a comment on the absorption of knowledge This exposition articulates the research within the artistic work She Plays Angel Music (where people might die), a 60-minute concert-installation for 5-25 female harpists. The research was triggered by highly questionable and incomplete information on the history of harp composition found on Wikipedia. While it is generally accepted that Wikipedia is not a reliable source in academia, it still a powerful source of knowledge amongst the general public. Thus, the incomplete display on the site promotes a) the historic and continuing discrimination of women from music composition in the classical music world and b) the continuing rejection of contemporary music in favour of music by dead composers in the classical music world. This exposition takes the reader through the compositional steps that were performed in order to create a post-internet work that attempts to highlight political situations by gathering publicly available information into a controversial context.

type	research exposition
keywords	harp, harpists, wiki, post-internet, installation, concert, trolley, Music and performing arts 2021
date	03/06/2020
published	18/12/2020
last modified	27/03/2023
status	published
share status	private
copyright	Michael Wolters, Paul Norman
license	All rights reserved
language	British English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/918449/1082580
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/rc.918449
published in	Research Catalogue, Birmingham City University
portal issue	1. self-published

name	Barbara Schilling
copyright	Michael Wolters/Orange County Register
license	Public domain
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name	harp composers
copyright	Michael Wolters
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name	list of harp composers
copyright	Michael Wolters
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name	Map of Europe with places scanned
copyright	Michael Wolters
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name	music stands detail
copyright	Michael Wolters
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name	Recital Hall floor plan adjusted
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name	Recital Hall floor plan adjusted
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name	Recital Hall floor plan and places superimposed
copyright	MW
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name	Bamberg example
copyright	Michael Wolters
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name	Dubez elegie example
copyright	Michael Wolters
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name	Handel example
copyright	Michael Wolters
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name	Bochsa 1789
copyright	Michael Wolters
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name	harpists asking audience
copyright	Oli Clark
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name	There are no more living harp composers
copyright	Michael Wolters
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name	history clock
copyright	Oli Clark
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name	She plays angel music (where people might die) scores
copyright	Paul Norman Michael Wolters
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name	She plays angel music pic
copyright	Paul Norman Michael Wolters
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copyright	Michael Wolters
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