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ROGER MOSELEY Luminos is the open access monograph publishing program from UC Press. Luminos provides a framework for preserving and reinvigorating monograph publishing for the future and increases the reach and visibility of important scholarly work. Titles published in the UC Press Luminos model are published with the same high standards for selection, peer review, production, and marketing as those in our traditional program. www.luminosoa.org Keys to Play The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Hull Memorial Publication Fund of Cornell University, the Cornell Open Access Publication Fund, and the AMS 75 PAYS Endowment of the American Musicological Society, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Keys to Play Music as a Ludic Medium from Apollo to Nintendo Roger Moseley UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advanc- ing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Oakland, California © 2016 by Roger Moseley This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND license. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses. Suggested citation: Moseley, Roger. Keys to Play: Music as a Ludic Medium from Apollo to Nintendo. Oakland: University of California Press, 2016. doi: http://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.16 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Moseley, Roger, 1974- author. Title: Keys to Play : Music as a Ludic Medium from Apollo to Nintendo / Roger Moseley. Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016013674 (print) | LCCN 2016015714 (ebook) | ISB 9780520291249 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780520965096 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Music—Performance—History. | Keyboards (Music)—History. | Play—Cross-cultural studies. | Electronic games. Classification: LCC ML457 .M67 2016 (print) | LCC ML457 (ebook) | DD 786—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016013674 Manufactured in the United States of America 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To my family, with love and gratitude, and for Verity, my song of songs. keys to play: music as a ludic medium from apollo to nintendo contents Acknowledgments xi Prelude: Press Any Key to Start 1 Part I. Fields and Interfaces of Musical Play Key 1. Ludomusicality 15 1–1 Orders of Play 23 1–2 Beyond Work and Play 33 1–3 The Sound of Gunplay 43 1–4 Bits and Beats 49 1–5 Playing Undead 58 Key 2. Digital Analogies 67 2–1 Apollo 1, Marsyas 0 72 2–2 Notes on Keys 78 2–3 Interface Values 90 2–4 (Key)board Games and Temperamental Tactics 99 2–5 Tristan’s Chord, Schoenberg’s Voice 109 Part II. P lay by Play: Improvisation, Performance, Recreation Key 3. The Emergence of Musical Play 121 3–1 Unforeheard Circumstances 127 3–2 Pantomimes and Partimenti 140 3–3 From Black Box to Glassy Shell 151 3–4 The Case of Winkel’s Componium 159 3–5 The Invisible Thumb on the Scale 167 Key 4. High Scores: WAM vs. LVB 178 4–1 Unsettled Scores 181 4–2 Mozart’s Two-Player Games 188 4–3 Concerted Action 200 4–4 Mozart and Mario Play the Field 212 4–5 Beethoven’s Recursive Feedback Loops 219 Key 5. Play Again? 236 5–1 Nintendo’s Brand of Ludomusicality 243 5–2 Analogous Digitalities 250 5–3 The Ludomusical Emergence of Toshio Iwai 258 5–4 High Scores: Nodame Cantabile 263 5–5 Replay: A Cento 271 Notes 275 Bibliography 365 Ludography 419 Index 423

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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. How do keyboards make music playable? Drawing on theories of media, systems, and cultural techniques, Keys to Play
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