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Impossible Colors (e. 114, 2025) for clarinet, bassoon, horn and trumpet

Edgerton, Michael LU orcid (2025)
Abstract
for clarinet, bassoon, horn and trumpet

Impossible colors is not a hypothesis, but rather more hyperbole. In this musical piece "impossible colors" refer to illusions of timbre in sound, not vision. Impossible colors are colors that we do not normally see; that some fictional colors are beyond the functional perceptual space of humans. Some theories looking at forbidden colors, borrowed from color research in vision are applied in this piece.
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color research, synesthesia, Sound Research, music, musical composition, timbre, instrumental musik, contemporary music techniques
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BABELSCORES®
language
English
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yes
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Impossible colors is not a hypothesis, but rather more hyperbole. In this musical piece "impossible colors" refer to illusions of timbre in sound, not vision. Impossible colors are colors that we do not normally see; that some fictional colors are beyond the functional perceptual space of humans. Some theories looking at forbidden colors, borrowed from color research in vision are applied in this piece.
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8a9c31fc-9fc3-44a2-8ca6-4345df08d1f2
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https://www.babelscores.com/catalogs/instrumental/9672-impossible-colors
date added to LUP
2024-12-03 19:19:30
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2025-12-01 09:47:22
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