Microsound

Curtis Roads

409 pages, parution le 04/10/2004

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Résumé

Below the level of the musical note lies the realm of microsound, of sound particles lasting less than one-tenth of a second. Recent technological advances allow us to probe and manipulate these pinpoints of sound, dissolving the traditional building blocks of music -- notes and their intervals -- into a more fluid and supple medium. The sensations of point, pulse (series of points), line (tone), and surface (texture) emerge as particle density increases. Sounds coalesce, evaporate, and mutate into other sounds.

Composers have used theories of microsound in computer music since the 1950s. Distinguished practitioners include Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis. Today, with the increased interest in computer and electronic music, many young composers and software synthesis developers are exploring its advantages. Covering all aspects of composition with sound particles, Microsound offers composition theory, historical accounts, technical overviews, acoustical experiments, descriptions of musical works, and aesthetic reflections. The book is accompanied by an audio CD of examples.

L'auteur - Curtis Roads

Curtis Roads has served as editor-in-chief of Computer Music Journal for more than a decade and is a recognized authority in the field. The material in this book was compiled and refined over a period of several years of teaching in classes at Harvard University, Oberlin Conservatory, the University of Naples, IRCAM, Les Ateliers UPIC, and in seminars and workshops in North America, Europe, and Asia.

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Sommaire

Time Scales of Music
The History of Microsound from Antiquity to the Analog Era
Granular Synthesis
Varieties of Particle Synthesis
Transformation of Microsound
Windowed Analysis and Transformation
Microsound in Composition
Aesthetics of Composing with Microsound
Conclusion

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	The MIT Press
Auteur(s)	Curtis Roads
Parution	04/10/2004
Nb. de pages	409
Format	20 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	788g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780262681544
ISBN13	978-0-262-68154-4