The Language of Electroacoustic Music

Simon Emmerson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

231 Seiten

1986
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-333-39760-2 (ISBN)

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Since the inception of electroacoustic music in 1948, much has been written about technical developments. This book is one of the first to examine aesthetic issues central to this rapidly developing genre. It brings together composers from leading academic departments and studios in Britain, the United States, Canada and Paris with a wide range of approaches and opinions, resulting in a study which is likely to have a marked impact on current debates on the future of electroacoustic music. The book is divided into three sections. The first, Culture and Language, considers the relationship between music and the listener's perception and expectation. Materials and Lanugage looks at the types of materials available to composers and the way in which the internal structure of the sound can have implications for the overall structure of a piece. The final section, The Influence of New Technology, considers the relationship between computer systems and the music they are helping to create.

SIMON EMMERSON is Director of the Electroacoustic Music Studio at The City University, London. He is a composer mainly of electroacoustic music involving live performers. He was founder secretary of the Electroacoustic Music Association of Great Britain.

Contributors Introduction; S. Emmerson Technology and the Composer; P. Boulez MATERIALS AND LANGUAGE The Relation of Language to Materials; S. Emmerson Sound Symbols and Landscapes; T. Wishart Spectro-morphology and Structuring Processes; D. Smalley PROBLEMS OF LANGUAGE At the Threshold of an Aesthetic; D. Keane Language and Resources: A New Paradox; B. Pennycook THE INFLUENCE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY Computer Music: Some Aesthetic Considerations; M. McNabb Computer Music Language Design and the Composing Process; B. Truax The Mirror of Ambiguity; J. Harvey A Stubborn Search for Artistic Unity; T. Machover Notes Selected Bibliography List of Works Cited

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.12.1986
Zusatzinfo	biography
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	343 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
ISBN-10	0-333-39760-6 / 0333397606
ISBN-13	978-0-333-39760-2 / 9780333397602
Zustand	Neuware