Electronic music Books
University of Illinois Press Cybersonic Arts
Book SynopsisComposer, performer, instrument builder, teacher, and writer Gordon Mumma has left an indelible mark on the American contemporary music scene. A prolific composer and innovative French horn player, Mumma is recognized for integrating advanced electronic processes into musical structures, an approach he has termed ''Cybersonics.'' Musicologist Michelle Fillion curates a collection of Mumma''s writings, presenting revised versions of his classic pieces as well as many unpublished works from every stage of his storied career. Here, through words and astonishing photos, is Mumma''s chronicle of seminal events in the musical world of the twentieth century: his cofounding the Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music; his role in organizing the historic ONCE Festivals of Contemporary Music; performances with the Sonic Arts Union; and working alongside John Cage and David Tudor as a composer-musician with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. In addition, Mumma describes his collaborations witTrade Review"What counts here is the spirit of it, the inventiveness springing from an independence of imagination as well as the willingness and financial necessity to work outside the given conditions of the time. Mumma shows us how that spirit is in fact crucial and, always, of essential value."--Christian Wolff, from the foreword"An excellent and engaging book that can take its readers to a dizzying array of places, real and metaphoric. It is an admirable introduction to the mind and spirit of Gordon Mumma as well as a vivid and loving remembrance of an amazing time in the history of music."--ARSC Journal"The firsthand histories flowing from this book are precious, provided by one of the unsung heroes of the American electronic music scene, Gordon Mumma... A valuable resource."--Neural"Mumma's energetic perspectives on so many topics--as a scholar, inventor, technician, performer, composer, photographer, historian, and documentarian--richly enhance our perspective on this period of rapid change and fruitful innovation. A beautiful and much-anticipated achievement."--Amy C. Beal, author of Johanna Beyer and Carla Bley"Widely known as a multi-talented composer/performer and inventor of handmade circuits and various forms of electronic wizardry that revolutionized live electronic music, Mumma is far more than the prototypical American 'maverick.' His fierce dedication to his own artistic vision has always been coupled to a voracious interest in the work of the pathbreaking composers, performers, dancers, architects, and visual artists who inhabit his music world and with whom he has often collaborated. This elegantly edited and annotated book is thus not only an invaluable overview of Mumma's extraordinary creative output and ideas, but also an intimate insider’s telling of the history of experimental music during the last half century."--David W. Bernstein, editor of The San Francisco Tape Music Center: 1960s Counterculture and the Avant-Garde"A treasure trove of primary source material on American, and to a lesser extent Latin-American, music, especially of the experimental kind. The reader is repeatedly struck by the genuineness of Mumma's writing; whether in passages from his diary or accounts of now-significant events, he writes with the authority of one who was actually there."--Bob Gilmore, editor of Ben Johnston's "Maximum Clarity" and Other Writings on Music"A very wonderful collection of essays, with its first-person witnessing of a scene that was critical for the development of the music technology we have today, and I highly recommend it."--Soundbytes"A wonderful resource for music and the arts, the book can be read as narrative or used as reference. Highly recommended."--Choice "As all great books about music lead you to do, I couldn't help but reach up to my CD shelves, where various Mumma discs releases on lables like New World and Tzadik are housed."--Gramophone "Part memoir of a remarkable life at the center of 20th and 21st century American experimental music, and partly a collection of Mumma's thoughtful, provocative, and influential essays, the book introduces this pioneer to a new generation of sonic explorers"--Electronic Musician "A contemporary history of a particularly fertile and disruptive time in the advanced arts. . . . Mumma's book bears articulate witness to how this flexible discipline played itself out in concrete situations over the decades."--Avant Music News
£26.59
Wayne State University Press Techno Rebels The Renegades of Electronic Funk
Book SynopsisAn history of techno music, dealing with its roots in Detroit. It focuses on Detroit's role in the birth of techno and takes readers on an insider's tour of techno's past, present, and future in an account filled with firsthand anecdotes, interviews, and artist profiles. It examines the underground 1980s party scene in Detroit.
£19.96
John Hunt Ultrablack of Music Volume 2
£18.99
Ma Non Troppo Dance Electronic Music: Historia, Cultura,
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£21.43
Contra The Haçienda: Cómo No Dirigir Un Club
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£23.71
Oxford University Press Listening Through the Noise The Aesthetics of Experimental Electronic Music the Aesthetics of Experimental Electronic Music
Book SynopsisContemporary electronic music has splintered into numerous genres and subgenres, all of which share a concern with whether sound, in itself, bears meaning. Listening through the Noise considers how the experience of listening to electronic music constitutes a departure from the expectations that have long governed music listening in the West.Trade Reviewa thought-provoking and significant contribution to our understanding of the aesthetics of electronic music. * Peter Manning, Music and Letters *Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART 1. SIGN; PART TWO: OBJECT; PART THREE: SITUATION; CONCLUSION; NOTES; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; DISCOGRAPHYTATES
£109.25
Taylor & Francis Ltd Teaching Electronic Music
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£128.25
Taylor & Francis Ltd Popular Viennese Electronic Music 19902015
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£39.99
Taylor & Francis Live Electronic Music
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Cambridge University Press Music Sound and Space Transformations of Public and Private Experience
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£87.00
Cambridge University Press Hidden Music
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£47.49
Cambridge University Press Expanding the Horizon of Electroacoustic Music Analysis
Book SynopsisInnovations in music technology bring with them a new set of challenges for describing and understanding the electroacoustic repertoire. This edited collection presents a state-of-the-art overview of analysis methods for electroacoustic music, with analyses of key electroacoustic works from a wide range of genres and sources.Trade Review'The contributors share profound insights on a variety of subjects and demonstrate tools and methodologies that address the unique challenges of electroacoustic music analysis. Composers, performers, analysts, and educators will find this collection to be a valuable source of course readings, analytical examples, and creative inspiration. It is also an essential book for college and university library collections that support music technology, music theory, and electroacoustic music composition programs.' Joel V. Hunt, NotesTable of ContentsPart I. Setting the Scene: Introduction Simon Emmerson and Leigh Landy; 1. The analysis of electroacoustic music – the differing needs of its genres and categories Simon Emmerson and Leigh Landy; Part II. Ideas and Challenges: 2. Listening and meaning: how a model of mental layers informs electroacoustic music analysis Gary Kendall; 3. Forming form John Young; 4. Interactive and generative music: a quagmire for the musical analyst Michael Young; 5. Some ideas concerning the relationship between form and texture Raúl Minsburg; Part III. Harnessing New Forces: 6. Exploiting computational paradigms for electroacoustic music analysis Tae Hong Park; 7. OREMA – an analytical community Michael Gatt; 8. EAnalysis: developing a sound-based music analytical tool Pierre Couprie; Part IV. Analyses of Key Works: 9. Trevor Wishart's Children's Stories II from Encounters in the Republic of Heaven: an analysis for children of a sample-based composition Leigh Landy; 10. Analysis of Foil by Autechre (from Amber (1994)) Ben Ramsay; 11. Temporal recurrence in Andrew Lewis's Penmon Point Ambrose Seddon; 12. Michel Waisvisz: No Backup/Hyper Instruments John Ferguson; 13. Analysing sound art: Douglas Henderson's Fadensonnen (2009) Kersten Glandien; 14. Analysing the identifiable: cultural borrowing in Diana Salazar's La voz del fuelle Manuella Blackburn; 15. Kireek 2011 championship routine analysis Sophy Smith; 16. The analysis of live and interactive electroacoustic music: Hans Tutschku – Zellen-Linien (2007) Simon Emmerson; 17. Audio only computer games – Papa Sangre Andrew Hugill and Panos Amelides; 18. Some questions around listening: Vancouver Soundscape Revisited by Claude Schryer Katharine Norman.
£36.87
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Underground Is Massive How Electronic Dance
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£14.50
Oxford University Press Foundations of Music Technology
Trade Review"Foundations of Music Technology offers clear explanations of concepts, excellent examples, and interesting chapter assignments." --Adam Vidiksis, Temple University "The overall approach is excellent and unique. Foundations of Music Technology is pedagogically efficient with software applications that promote self-learning, exploration, and hands-on experiments." --Frederick W. Bianchi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute "The software on the book's website is creative enough to solidify the concepts discussed and simple enough that it's not intimidating to people who have limited computer experience." --Scott Velazco, Daytona State College "The software components provide the most accurate experience for beginning music technologists. They're my favorite part of this book." --Michael Albaugh, Director of Education Operations at Jazz at Lincoln CenterTable of Contents*Each chapter ends with a Summary, key Concepts key Terms. Forward Introduction 1. Properties of Sound Overview What is Sound? Frequencies Timbre The Harmonic Series and Timbre Our Hearing Range Spectrogram Analysis Combining Timbres 2. Audio Overview Before We Begin The Signal Path Microphones Keeping a Uniform Signal Impedence Cables -- XLR Cables -- Balanced and Unbalanced Signals -- Balanced 1/4-inch Tip, Ring, and Sleeve (TRS) Cables -- Unbalanced Tip and Sleeve (TS) Cables -- Other Cables Mixers Audio Interfaces -- Higher Sampling Rates -- Compressed Audio -- Bit Depth and Sampling Rate -- Audio Interface I/Os Digital Audio Workstations Speakers and Amplifiers Microphone Types and Basic Placement --Microphone Placement --Panning --Other Microphones and Techniques 3. Audio Editing Software Overview Basic DAW Functions Recording & Editing Gain Levels Importing Audio Overdubbing and Preventing Feedback Loop-based DAWs 4. Synthesis Overview Waveforms Additive Synthesis Envelopes and ADSR curves Physical Modeling Combining Waves -- Phase -- Multiplying Waves -- Ring Modulation -- Amplitude Modulation ( AM Synthesis) -- Frequency Modulation (FM) Synthesis Subtractive Synthesis Sample-based Synthesis Granular Synthesis 5. MIDI Overview Before MIDI The MIDI Protocol -- Note On and Note Off Messages -- MIDI Programs -- Controller Messages -- MIDI Channels -- Piano Roll Sampling Other Protocols 6. Music Notation Software Overview Basic Notation Application Functions Note Entry Importing MIDI Files Importing MIDI Files in DAWs Future Work 7. Sequencing MIDI Overview -- Basic Setup -- The Live Browser -- Max for Live -- Plug-Ins Device Browser -- Other Menus -- Places -- Adding Book Content Working in Live Arrangement View MIDI and Audio Tracks -- MIDI -- MIDI Pitch Editor -- MIDI Velocity Editor -- Loops -- Adding Tracks -- Inserting A New MIDI Clip -- Recording with a MIDI keyboard or the Computer MIDI Keyboard -- Changing Tempo -- Saving and Cleaning Up the Set -- Exporting rendered audio 8. Acoustics Overview The Hearing Process Room Acoustics Resonance Sound Systems Phase Cancellation Psychoacoustics Loudness 9. Effects Overview Gain and Distortion Tone-Shaping Controls in Effects Gate Compression Effects and Performance Output Gains in Effects Limiting EQ Delay Reverb Chorus Flanger Effects Chain Effects in DAWs 10. Sequencing and Performing with Audio Overview Session View Recording and Editing Clips Recording Audio Audio Channels Adding Effects Key and MIDI Mapping Record to the Arrangement View 11. Technology in Performance Overview Old Venues with a New Twist A Little History: Electroacoustic Music Film, Television, Video Games, Multimedia, and the Studio Interactive Music Interactive Music Systems Further Possibilities 12. Technology in Education Overview Technology for a Purpose -- Composition -- Performance -- Education Technology-based Musical Instruments Interactive Music Systems Separating Cognitive Functions of Musicianship from Physical Actions -- Technology Dictating Pedagogy -- Notation Educational Considerations Informal Music Learning through Technology Technology in Practical Educational Use 13. Technology in Composition Overview Algorithmic Composition -- Early American Algorithmic Composition: David Cope -- Rule-Based Algorithmic Composition -- Data-Driven Algorithmic Composition -- Issues of Authorship Algorithmic Composition Methods Software and Tools -- Pre-composed Loop and Pattern Software -- Sound Manipulation -- Composer of Algorithms and Algorithmic Composition 14. Introduction to Music Programming Overview Programming Languages Introduction to Max The Max Window -- Help Patchers -- Arguments -- Separating Items in a Message -- Numbers: Integers and Floating Points -- Aligning -- Commenting -- Inspector Generating Music -- The RAT Patch: Creating Random Atonal Trash -- Synthesizing MIDI numbers -- Adding Timing -- Slider Patch -- Rat Patch 2 MIDI Input
£101.64
MIT Press Ltd The SuperCollider Book The MIT Press
Book SynopsisThe essential reference to SuperCollider, a powerful, flexible, open-source, cross-platform audio programming language.SuperCollider is one of the most important domain-specific audio programming languages, with potential applications that include real-time interaction, installations, electroacoustic pieces, generative music, and audiovisuals. The SuperCollider Book is the essential reference to this powerful and flexible language, offering students and professionals a collection of tutorials, essays, and projects. With contributions from top academics, artists, and technologists that cover topics at levels from the introductory to the specialized, it will be a valuable sourcebook both for beginners and for advanced users. SuperCollider, first developed by James McCartney, is an accessible blend of Smalltalk, C, and further ideas from a number of programming languages. Free, open-source, cross-platform, and with a diverse and supportive developer community, it is often
£95.80
The History Press Ltd King City
Book SynopsisMusings on Birmingham's contemporary music cultureTrade Review"Brum Bastion champions the city once more!""King City celebrates Birmingham's contribution to the music of yesterday, today and tomorrow.""It's a 65,000 word love letter to the Birmingham music scene, and we love it!""With a nod to the past, the book also touches on the city’s prestigious history, as well as the more recent indie scene which emerged in Digbeth in the early 2010s."
£19.86
Centerstream Publications Mastering Staff Pad Digital Music Notation for
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Arcadia Publishing (SC) Chicago House Music
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£16.88
