Composing Electronic Music - A New Aesthetic

Zusatztext A rich and enjoyable survey for the computer musician, ranging from the objects of compositional manipulation to the performative aspects of the shaping of sensory experience. This book will be of interest not only to the electronic music composer, but also to the performing musician, and the general reader interested in the process and principles of musical design. Informationen zum Autor Curtis Roads is a composer and researcher who teaches electronic music composition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He co-founded the International Computer Music Association and served as an editor/associate editor of Computer Music Journal for 23 years. The author of numerous books, his electronic music set POINT LINE CLOUD won the Award of Distinction at the 2002 Ars Electronica. Klappentext Electronic music evokes new sensations, feelings, and thoughts in both composers and listeners. Composing Electronic Music outlines a new theory based on the powerful toolkit of electronic music techniques. Zusammenfassung Electronic music evokes new sensations, feelings, and thoughts in both composers and listeners. Composing Electronic Music outlines a new theory based on the powerful toolkit of electronic music techniques. Inhaltsverzeichnis 00 Preface 01 The electronic medium 02 Aesthetic foundations 03 The nature of sound 04 Creating sound materials 05 Sound transformation 06 Processes of rhythm 07 Pitch in electronic music 08 Articulating space 09 Multiscale organization 10 Sonic narrative 11 Generative strategies 12 The art of mixing 13 References Appendix A List of sound examples Index

Product details

• Authors: Curtis Roads
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2015
• EAN: 9780195373240
• ISBN: 978-0-19-537324-0
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Print on demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; MUSIC / Instruction & Study / General, MUSIC / Musical Instruments / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Electronic, Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music, Techniques Of Music / Music Tutorials, Electronic Music, Electronic musical instruments