Books
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After Sound: Toward a Critical Music G Douglas Barrett After Sound considers contemporary art practices that reconceive music beyond the limitation of sound. This book is called After Sound *because music and sound are, in Barrett’s account, different entities. While…
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The Routledge Companion to Sounding Art Marcel Cobussen (Editor), Vincent Meelberg (Editor), Barry Truax (Editor) The Routledge Companion to Sounding Art presents an overview of the issues, methods, and approaches crucial for the study of sound in artistic practice. Thirty-six…
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Sonic Art: An Introduction to Electroacoustic Music Composition Adrian Moore Written by an active composer, performer and educator, Sonic Art: An Introduction to Electroacoustic Music Composition provides a clear and informative introduction to the compositional techniques behind electroacoustic music. It…
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Sonic Rupture: A Practice-led Approach to Urban Soundscape Design Jordan Lacey Sonic Rupture applies a practitioner-led approach to urban soundscape design, which foregrounds the importance of creative encounters in global cities. This presents an alternative to those urban soundscape design…
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The Listening Reader Sam Belinfante and Joseph Kohlmaier The Listening Reader brings together a number of essays that explore the role of sound and listening in the context of contemporary art. They engage with the specific timbre that the act…
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The Order of Sounds: A Sonorous Archipelago Francois J. Bonnet The subtlety, complexity, and variety of modes of hearing has meant that it has rarely received the same philosophical attention as the visual. Francois J. Bonnet makes a compelling case…