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A Million Years of Music: The Emergence of Human Modernity Gary Tomlinson What is the origin of music? In the last few decades this centuries-old puzzle has been reinvigorated by new archaeological evidence and developments in the fields of cognitive science, linguistics, and evolutionary theory.…
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Sound Art: Beyond Music, Between Categories Alan Licht Over the past century, an art form has emerged that draws from the worlds of visual art and music. Sound art’s roots can be found in the experimental work of Italian Futurism, Dada, and later the Fluxus…
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The Harmony of the Spheres: The Pythagorean Tradition in Music Joscelyn Godwin Professor of Music at Colgate University and a widely respected musicologist, Godwin traces the history of the idea, held since ancient times, that the whole cosmos, with its circling planets and stars, is…
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The Rhythmic Event: Art, Media, and the Sonic Eleni Ikoniadou The sonic has come to occupy center stage in the arts and humanities. In the age of computational media, sound and its subcultures can offer more dynamic ways of accounting for bodies, movements, and events.…
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The Psychology of Sound Henry J. Watt Originally published in 1917, this book was written to provide a purely psychological analysis and theory of the process of hearing. The text begins with a discussion of auditory sensations and their attributes, before moving through areas relating…
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Sound in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture) by David Suisman, Susan Strasser During the twentieth century sound underwent a dramatic transformation as new technologies and social practices challenged conventional aural experience. As a result, sound functioned as a means…
