Roads, Curtis.

Composing electronic music : a new aesthetic / Curtis Roads. - xxvii, 480 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm

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.

9780195373233 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780195373240 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2014027116


Electronic music--Instruction and study.

MT724 / .R73 2015

786.7/13