Etymology

plunderphonics

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Today it means: A form of musical composition based on the unauthorized use of existing audio recordings. Full definition →

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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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