Research Catalog

New directions in music

Title
New directions in music / David H. Cope.
Author
Cope, David, 1941-
Publication
Dubuque, Iowa : W.C. Brown Co., ©1976.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
TextUse in library JME 17-236Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

Details

Description
xiii, 271 pages : illustrations, music; 23 cm
Subjects
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Some thoughts on beginnings. Overview -- Total control : the parting of the ways -- Sound-mass -- Instrument exploration -- Electronic music -- Media Forms -- Improvisation -- Indeterminate music -- Antimusic -- The post avant-garde -- Bibliography -- Sound-mass, rhythm and microtones. Sound-mass evolution -- Current examples -- Rhythmic developments -- Rhythmic control -- Microtones -- Bibliography -- Instrument explorations. Observations -- Strings -- Wind -- Percussion -- Vocal -- Keyboard instruments -- Harp -- Mixed ensembles and unique works -- Timbre modulation -- Antiphonal and spatial modulation -- New instruments -- Bibliography -- Electronic and computer music. Brief background -- Aesthetics -- Fundamentals -- Synthesizers -- Studios -- Other developments -- Notable composers and works -- Tape and ... -- Live electronic music -- Notations -- Computer music -- Computer composition -- Computer-generated sound -- Computer aid -- Computer control of synthesizer functions -- Visual notation and control -- Future -- Bibliography -- Media forms. Definitions, aesthetics, and origins -- Multimedia -- Mixed-media -- Inter-media -- Quotes -- Bibliography -- Improvisation. Aesthetics and definition -- Immediate background -- Improvisation groups -- Works -- Bibliography -- Indeterminacy. Background -- Definition -- Composer indeterminacy -- Performer indeterminacy -- Composer and performer indeterminacy -- Bibliography -- Antimusic. Some fundamentals -- Danger music -- Minimal and concept music -- Biomusic -- Soundscapes -- Bibliography -- The post avant-garde. Evaluation -- Direction -- Leakage -- Composers and works -- Bibliography.
Call Number
JME 17-236
ISBN
  • 0697035565
  • 9780697035561
LCCN
76358068
OCLC
2078406
Author
Cope, David, 1941-
Title
New directions in music / David H. Cope.
Imprint
Dubuque, Iowa : W.C. Brown Co., ©1976.
Edition
2nd ed.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Other Form:
Online version: Cope, David, 1941- New directions in music. 2d ed. Dubuque, Iowa : W.C. Brown Co., ©1976 (OCoLC)647521420
Research Call Number
JME 17-236
View in Legacy Catalog