plunderphonics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of musical composition based on the unauthorized use of existing audio recordings.

Word forms

plunderphonics

Etymology

Coined by Canadian composer John Oswald in 1985, as plunder + -phonics, in the essay Plunderphonics, or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative.

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