Books
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Film Sound: Theory and Practice Elisabeth Weis & John Belton The only comprehensive book on film sound, this anthology makes available for the first time and in a single volume major essays by the most respected film historians, aestheticians, and…
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Spaces Speak, Are You Listening?: Experiencing Aural Architecture Barry Blesser & Linda-Ruth Salter We experience spaces not only by seeing but also by listening. We can navigate a room in the dark, and “hear” the emptiness of a house without…
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Senses of Vibration: A History of the Pleasure and Pain of Sound Shelley Trower The study of the senses has become a rich topic in recent years. Senses of Vibration explores a wide range of sensory experience and makes a…
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Sound-On-Film: Interviews with Creators of Film Sound Vincent Anthony LoBrutto Sound-On-Film contains interviews with 27 prominent men and women who discuss their careers and the art and craft of film sound. These sound creators represent many of the crafts working…
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En Abime: Listening, Reading, Writing: An Archival Fiction Daniela Cascella En Abime explores listening and reading as creative and critical activities driven by memory and return, reshaped into the present. It introduces an idea of aural landscape as a historically…
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Harmonies of Heaven and Earth: Mysticism in Music from Antiquity to the Avant-Garde Joscelyn Godwin Joscelyn Godwin explores music’s effects on matter, living things, and human behavior. Turning to metaphysical accounts of the higher worlds and theories of celestial harmony,…