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Sonic Possible Worlds: Hearing the Continuum of Sound Salome Voegelin Inspired by its use in literary theory, film criticism and the discourse of game design, Salomé Voegelin adapts and develops “possible world theory” in relation to sound. David K Lewis’…
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MicroBionic (revised and expanded 2nd edition) Thomas Bey William Bailey Micro Bionic is an exciting survey of electronic music and sound art from cultural critic and mixed-media artist Thomas Bey William Bailey. This superior revised edition includes all of the…
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On Sonic Art Trevor Wishart In his ground-breaking book On Sonic Art Trevor Wishart takes a wide-ranging look at the new developments in music-making and musical aesthetics made possible by the advent of the computer and digital information processing. His…
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Silence: Lectures and Writings, 50th Anniversary Edition John Cage Silence, John Cage’s first book and epic masterpiece, was published in October 1961. In these lectures, scores, and writings, Cage tries, as he says, to find a way of writing that…
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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…
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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,…