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Microsound Paperback - 2004

by Curtis Roads


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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.

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  • Title Microsound
  • Author Curtis Roads
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Paperback
  • Pages 409
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher MIT Press
  • Date September 1, 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780262681544 / 0262681544
  • Weight 1.95 lbs (0.88 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 8 x 0.96 in (22.86 x 20.32 x 2.44 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Electronic music - History and criticism, Music - Acoustics and physics
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001030633
  • Dewey Decimal Code 781.22

About the author

JANE PHILBRICK is a digital artist working with language. Her work wasmost recently on view in "Ameri(c)an Dre@am" at Ronald Feldman FineArt, New York.

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