{"product_id":"keys-to-play-9780520291249","title":"Keys to Play","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow do keyboards make music playable? Drawing on theories of media, systems, and cultural techniques, this title deals with the genealogy of musical play and its animation via improvisation, performance, and recreation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Keys to Play\" has been called a \"game-changer\" and \"dazzling and daring\" by reviewers. It cuts across the traditional sub-disciplines of music studies to offer new and challenging connections between them.\" Cornell Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Prelude: Press Any Key to Start\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Fields and Interfaces of Musical Play\u003cbr\u003e Key 1. Ludomusicality\u003cbr\u003e 1–1 Orders of Play\u003cbr\u003e 1–2 Beyond Work and Play\u003cbr\u003e 1–3 The Sound of Gunplay\u003cbr\u003e 1–4 Bits and Beats\u003cbr\u003e 1–5 Playing Undead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Key 2. Digital Analogies\u003cbr\u003e 2–1 Apollo 1, Marsyas 0\u003cbr\u003e 2–2 Notes on Keys\u003cbr\u003e 2–3 Interface Values\u003cbr\u003e 2–4 (Key)board Games and Temperamental Tactics\u003cbr\u003e 2–5 Tristan’s Chord, Schoenberg’s Voice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Play by Play: Improvisation, Performance, Recreation\u003cbr\u003e Key 3. The Emergence of Musical Play\u003cbr\u003e 3–1 Unforeheard Circumstances\u003cbr\u003e 3–2 Pantomimes and Partimenti\u003cbr\u003e 3–3 From Black Box to Glassy Shell\u003cbr\u003e 3–4 The Case of Winkel’s Componium\u003cbr\u003e 3–5 The Invisible Thumb on the Scale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Key 4. High Scores: WAM vs. LVB\u003cbr\u003e 4–1 Unsettled Scores\u003cbr\u003e 4–2 Mozart’s Two-Player Games\u003cbr\u003e 4–3 Concerted Action\u003cbr\u003e 4–4 Mozart and Mario Play the Field\u003cbr\u003e 4–5 Beethoven’s Recursive Feedback Loops\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Key 5. Play Again?\u003cbr\u003e 5–1 Nintendo’s Brand of Ludomusicality\u003cbr\u003e 5–2 Analogous Digitalities\u003cbr\u003e 5–3 The Ludomusical Emergence of Toshio Iwai\u003cbr\u003e 5–4 High Scores: Nodame Cantabile\u003cbr\u003e 5–5 Replay: A Cento\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Ludography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402887373143,"sku":"9780520291249","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520291249.jpg?v=1730481777","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/keys-to-play-9780520291249","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}