Books
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The World Is Sound: Nada Brahma: Music and the Landscape of Consciousness Joachim-Ernst Berendt Scientists have only recently learned that the particles of an oxygen atom vibrate in a major key and that blades of grass ‘sing.” Europe’s foremost jazz…
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Noise: A Human History of Sound and Listening David Hendy What if history had a sound track? What would it tell us about ourselves? Based on a thirty-part BBC Radio series and podcast, Noise explores the human dramas that have…
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Acoustic Territories: Sound Culture and Everyday Life Brandon LaBelle Acoustic Territories: Sound Culture and Everyday Life offers an expansive reading of auditory life. It provides a careful consideration of the performative dynamics inherent to sound culture and acts of listening,…
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Resonance: Essays On The Intersection Of Music And Architecture Mikesch W. Muecke Essays on the Intersection of Music and Architecture is a collection of nine texts written by international scholars. Most of the essays were originally presented at the interdisciplinary…
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The Computer Music Tutorial (Technology) Curtis Roads The Computer Music Tutorial is a comprehensive text and reference that covers all aspects of computer music, including digital audio, synthesis techniques, signal processing, musical input devices, performance software, editing systems, algorithmic composition,…
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Music and Architecture (Iannis Xenakis) Iannis Xenakis This important work fills a major lacuna in the literature by bringing together, for the first time, all the texts relating to architecture by the multi-faceted Xenakis, who worked with Le Corbusier for…