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The aim is to explore memory and sound through a generative score involving spoken fragments and live electronics.

August 5, 2026Open Access

NIHIL – Memory Without a Centre / Memoria senza centro (2026): Generative Score for Voice, Piano and Electronics

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SMSergio MaltagliatiAccademia di Belle Arti di Firenze MMMarco Mazzi

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Generative score for voice, piano, and electronics shows iterative memory processing in a musical context, suggesting innovative performance techniques.

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The aim is to explore memory and sound through a generative score involving spoken fragments and live electronics.
Composed by Sergio Maltagliati in 2026 using concepts from Marco Mazzi's text.
Utilized five distinct states with a pitch field generated from the letters of NIHIL through chromatic reduction.
Features bilingual performance instructions and three independent memory buffers to manipulate sound.
Generates unique performance versions through an algorithmic approach, creating distinct experiences with each iteration.
Incorporates a range of techniques including recording, delay, loop, freeze, and filtering in sound production.
Each sound fragment illustrates the loss and recovery of memory as an artistic concept.

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Maltagliati et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a72e84e226790f3706580d1 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21775364

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Generative score for voice, piano, and electronics shows iterative memory processing in a musical context, suggesting innovative performance techniques.

NIHIL – Memory Without a Centre / Memoria senza centro (2026): Generative Score for Voice, Piano and Electronics

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NIHIL – Memory Without a Centre / Memoria senza centro (2026): Generative Score for Voice, Piano and Electronics

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