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Composing electronic music : a new aesthetic / Curtis Roads.

By: Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2015Description: xxvii, 480 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780195373233 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780195373240 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 786.7/13 23
LOC classification:
  • MT724 .R73 2015
Contents:
The electronic medium -- Aesthetic foundations -- The nature of sound -- Creating sound materials -- Sound transformation -- Processes of rhythm -- Pitch in electronic music -- Articulating space -- Multiscale organization -- Sonic narrative -- Generative strategies -- The art of mixing.
Summary: Electronic music evokes new sensations, feelings, and thoughts in both composers and listeners. Opening the door to an unlimited universe of sound, it engages spatialization as an integral aspect of composition and focuses on sound transformation as a core structural strategy.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks MT724 .R73 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001393338

Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-457) and index.

The electronic medium -- Aesthetic foundations -- The nature of sound -- Creating sound materials -- Sound transformation -- Processes of rhythm -- Pitch in electronic music -- Articulating space -- Multiscale organization -- Sonic narrative -- Generative strategies -- The art of mixing.

Electronic music evokes new sensations, feelings, and thoughts in both composers and listeners. Opening the door to an unlimited universe of sound, it engages spatialization as an integral aspect of composition and focuses on sound transformation as a core structural strategy.

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