Microsound

著者

• Roads, Curtis

書誌事項

Microsound

Curtis Roads

MIT Press, c2001

• : hc

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-381) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Below the level of the musical note lies the realm of microsound, of sound particles lasting less than one-tenth of a second. Recent technological advances allow us to probe and manipulate these pinpoints of sound, dissolving the traditional building blocks of music -- notes and their intervals -- into a more fluid and supple medium. The sensations of point, pulse (series of points), line (tone), and surface (texture) emerge as particle density increases. Sounds coalesce, evaporate, and mutate into other sounds. Composers have used theories of microsound in computer music since the 1950s. Distinguished practitioners include Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis. Today, with the increased interest in computer and electronic music, many young composers and software synthesis developers are exploring its advantages. Covering all aspects of composition with sound particles, Microsound offers composition theory, historical accounts, technical overviews, acoustical experiments, descriptions of musical works, and aesthetic reflections. The book is accompanied by an audio CD of examples.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA56588035
• ISBN:
  • 0262182157
• LCCN: 2001030633
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Cambridge, Mass.
• ページ数/冊数: xii, 409 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm.
• 付属資料: 1 sound disc
• 分類:
  • LCC : ML3805.R69 2001
  • DC : 781.2/2 21
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Music -- Acoustics and physics
  • LCSH : Electronic music -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Computer music -- History and criticims