Understanding the Art of Sound Organization - Couverture rigide

Landy, Leigh

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0262122928 ISBN 13 : 9780262122924

Editeur : MIT Press, 2007

Synopsis

The art of sound organization, also known as electroacoustic music, uses sounds not available to traditional music making, including prerecorded, synthesized, and processed sounds. The body of work of such sound-based music (which includes electroacoustic art music, turntable composition, computer games, and acoustic and digital sound installations) has developed more rapidly than its musicology. Understanding the Art of Sound Organization proposes the first general foundational framework for the study of the art of sound organization, defining terms, discussing relevant forms of music, categorizing works, and setting sound-based music in interdisciplinary contexts. Leigh Landy's goal in this book is not only to create a theoretical framework but also to make the work more accessible--to suggest a way to understand sound-based music, to give a listener what he terms something to hold on to for example, by connecting elements in a work to everyday experience. Landy considers the difficulties of categorizing works and discusses such types of works as sonic art and electroacoustic music, pointing out where they overlap and how they are distinctive. He proposes a sound-based music paradigm" that transcends such traditional categories as art and pop music. Landy defines patterns that suggest a general framework and places the studies of sound-based music into interdisciplinary contexts from acoustics to semiotics proposing a holistic research approach that considers the interconnectedness of a given work's history theory technological aspects and social impact. The author's ElectroAcoustic Resource Site (EARS www.ears.dmu.ac.uk)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: MIT Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0262122928
• ISBN 13: 9780262122924
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320