On Sonic ArtIn this newly revised 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 emphasis is on musical rather than technical matters. Beginning with a critical analysis of the assumptions underlying the Western musical tradition and the traditional acoustic theories of Pythagoras and Helmholtz, he goes on to look in detail at such topics as the musical organization of complex sound-objects, using and manipulating representational sounds and the various dimensions of human and non-human utterance. In so doing, he seeks to learn lessons from areas (poetry and sound-poetry, film, sound effects and animal communication) not traditionally associated with the field of music. |
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Contents
towards | |
The nature of sonic space | |
Sound structures in the continuum | |
Gesture and counterpoint | |
Sound landscape | |
Spatial motion | |
Utterance | |
The human repertoire | |
Phonemic objects | |
Language stream and paralanguage | |
The group | |
sound models | |
Music Examples | |
Common terms and phrases
aesthetic amplitude amplitude modulation analysis architecture articulation aspects aural image birdsong Chapter characteristics circular motion clearly complex composer composition concept consonants continuum conventional musical counterpoint Curtay define dimension discussed distinction dynamic morphology example fact Figure filtering formant free improvisation frequency gestural structure glissando glottal glottis halflunged harmonic field human voice imposed morphology individual inharmonic instrument interaction internal intrinsic morphology IRCAM kinesics landscape language larynx lattice latticebased linguistic listener loudspeakers metaphor morphology mouth musical practice musique concrète natural noise normal notation organisation oscillation paralanguage paralinguistic parameters particular perceived perception phonemic phonemic objects physical pitch plosive portamento possible produced pulses quadraphonic recognisable recording Red Bird relationship repertoire resonance sense signal Simon Emmerson sonic art sound soundevents soundimages soundmodel soundobjects soundsources spatial motion spectral Stockhausen stream timbral timbre tone tongue vibrations transformation Trevor Wishart twodimensional typical unlunged utterance various vocal vowel zigzag
Bibliographic information
| Title | On Sonic Art Contemporary Music Studies |
| Author | Trevor Wishart |
| Editor | Simon Emmerson |
| Publisher | Routledge, 1996 |
| ISBN | 1134373333, 9781134373338 |
| Length | 372 pages |
| Subjects | › Music / General |
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