Sound at the edge of perception : the aural minutiae of sand and other worldly murmurings

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Sound at the edge of perception : the aural minutiae of sand and other worldly murmurings

Seán Street

(Palgrave studies in sound)(Palgrave pivot)

Palgrave Macmillan, c2019

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-132) and index

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Description

This book is about the tiny sounds of the world, and listening to them, the minute signals that are clues to who and where we are. A very small sound, given the context of its history, becomes hugely significant, and even an imagined sound in a picture becomes almost a voice. By speaking a name, we give a person back to the world, and a breath, a sigh, a laugh or a cry need no language. A phoneme is the start of all stories, and were we able to tune ourselves to the subtleties of the natural world, we might share the super-sensitivity of members of the bird and animal kingdom to sense the message in the apparent silence. Mind hears sound when it perceives an image; the book will appeal to sonic and radio practitioners, students of sound, those working in the visual arts, and creative writers.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction: The Bell of Jozef Czechowicz - The Importance of Minute Sound Moments.- 2 The Notes of Human Music.- 3 Making the Moment Singable.- 4 Signals from Near and Far Shores - Voices from the Natural World.- 5 Speak My Name - the Ownership of Syllables.- 6 First and Last Sounds - Messages Beyond Language.

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  • NCID
    BB29331226
  • ISBN
    • 9789811316128
  • Country Code
    si
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Singapore
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 138 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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