On timbre -- On noise -- Listenting (sounds) -- Immersion in sound -- Composing sound -- Sound-space. "From Music to Sound is an examination of the six musical histories whose convergence produces the emergence of sound, offering a plural, original...
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On timbre -- On noise -- Listenting (sounds) -- Immersion in sound -- Composing sound -- Sound-space. "From Music to Sound is an examination of the six musical histories whose convergence produces the emergence of sound, offering a plural, original history of new music. Both well-known and lesser-known works and composers are anaylsed in detail, from Debussy to contemporary music in the early 21st century; from rock to electronica; from the sound objects of the earliest musique concrète to current electroacoustic music; from the Poème électronique of Le Corbusier-Varèse-Xenakis to the most recent inter-arts attempts. Covering theory, analysis and aesthetics, this book will be of great interest to scholars, professionals and students of Music, Musicology, Sound Studies and Sonic Arts"--
