Can you listen like a beginner? Collective Ear. Episode 1

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2026 Open access

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Authors: Barbara Preisig, Ronja Svaneborg
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18455870
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Abstract

For 43 minutes, professional cellist Melody Giron plays Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cello Suite No.1 in G Major. Or rather – she plays parts of its prelude, over and over, searching for her tone. The ending never arrives. The beginning returns again and again, maintaining a state of perpetual preparation. Listen with us to Cally Spooner’s DEAD TIME (Melody’s Warm Up), 2022. Will you unlearn the melody? Can you listen like a beginner?

Fields of Study & Subjects

Sound Studies and Aurality Musicology and Musical Analysis Artistic and Creative Research

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
16 March 2026
Language
EN