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📜 Chou, Gabrielle. 2023. “Play Makes Perfect: An Exploration of Game and Play Elements in Composition and Performance.” PhD diss., City University of New York.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6458&context=gc_etds
This quite long work (193 pages) in the field of Musical Arts introduces the term "ludic pieces" and constructs their taxonomy around the Caillois typology. Other relevant research from game studies is presented too. On the music side, Gabrielle Chou analyzes a few interesting contemporary works, Cobra, For Whom Do We "Perform", and Foxconn Frequency in detailed case studies, but also I'm Just Making Stuff Up, Les Moutons de Panurge, Duet II, Scrawl Etude and others, in shorter notes. In the process… our wiki is mentioned (!), with a look at Dice Contract and Game Over in particular.
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