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soundworld en · NOUN

Etymology

From sound + world.

Meanings

1. A world suggested by, or typified by, sounds.
   • Fitzcarraldo takes his own Western soundworld with him, and it is this soundworld that re-creates the Amazon jungle for him, making it what it is. 2004, Veit Erlmann, Hearing cultures: essays on sound, listening, and modernity:
   • In other words, the musicians immerse us in the soundworlds of their instruments. 2004, Ben Watson, Derek Bailey and the story of free improvisation:
   • The particular soundworld of Australia's natural environment provides striking and distinctive elements for the composer's imagination to work with. 2006, Fiona Richards, The soundscapes of Australia: music, place and spirituality:
   • Nor are we ever aware of this soundworld as an end in itself: it is all part and parcel of a total concept. 1987, Donald Mitchell, Benjamin Britten: Death in Venice:
   • In short, Scanner was intending not merely to rescore Alphaville but to remix the film's entire soundworld, an approach guaranteed to outrage purists. 2005, Chris Darke, Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965):

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