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Composing electronic music : a new aesthetic / Curtis Roads.

Title
Composing electronic music : a new aesthetic / Curtis Roads.
Author
Roads, Curtis
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]

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Description
xxvii, 480 pages; 24 cm
Summary
Electronic music evokes new sensations, feelings, and thoughts in both composers and listeners. Opening the door to an unlimited universe of sound, it engages spatialization as an integral aspect of composition and focuses on sound transformation as a core structural strategy.
Uniform Title
University press scholarship online.
Subject
  • Electronic music > Instruction and study
  • Electronic music > Instruction and study
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The electronic medium -- Aesthetic foundations -- The nature of sound -- Creating sound materials -- Sound transformation -- Processes of rhythm -- Pitch in electronic music -- Articulating space -- Multiscale organization -- Sonic narrative -- Generative strategies -- The art of mixing.
ISBN
  • 9780195373233
  • 0195373235
  • 9780195373240
  • 0195373243
LCCN
^^2014027116
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library