From music to sound : the emergence of sound in 20th- and 21st-century music /

"From Music to Sound is an examination of the six musical histories whose convergence produces the emergence of sound, offering a plural, original history of new music. Both well-known and lesser-known works and composers are anaylsed in detail, from Debussy to contemporary music in the early 2...

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Main Authors: Solomos, Makis
Published: Routledge,
Publisher Address: Abingdon, Oxon :
Publication Dates: 2020.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Routledge research in music series
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Summary: "From Music to Sound is an examination of the six musical histories whose convergence produces the emergence of sound, offering a plural, original history of new music. Both well-known and lesser-known works and composers are anaylsed in detail, from Debussy to contemporary music in the early 21st century; from rock to electronica; from the sound objects of the earliest musique concrète to current electroacoustic music; from the Poème électronique of Le Corbusier-Varèse-Xenakis to the most recent inter-arts attempts. Covering theory, analysis and aesthetics, this book will be of grea
Carrier Form: xi, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-269) and index.
ISBN: 9780367192136
Index Number: ML3877
CLC: J60-02
Call Number: J60-02/S689
Contents: On timbre -- On noise -- Listenting (sounds) -- Immersion in sound -- Composing sound -- Sound-space.