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The Cambridge companion to electronic music / edited by Nick Collins and Julio d'Escriván.

Contributor(s): Collins, Nick (Nicholas) [editor] | Escrivan, Julio d', 1960- [editor.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Cambridge companions to music: Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: Second edition.Description: xxiv, 330 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781107590021 (paperback) .Subject(s): Electronic music -- History and criticismAdditional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification: 786.7
Contents:
The origins of electronic music / Andrew Hugill -- Electronic music and the studio / Margaret Schedel -- Live electronic music / Nicolas Collins -- A history of programming and music / Ge Wang -- Interactivity and live computer music / Sergi Jorda -- Algorithmic composition / Karlheinz Essl -- Live audiovisuals / Amy Alexander and Nick Collins -- Network music / Julian Rohrhuber -- Electronic music and the moving image / Julio d'Escrivan -- Computer generation and manipulation of sounds / Stefania Serafin -- Trends in electroacoustic music / Natasha Barrett -- Electronic sound art and aesthetic experience / Adinda van 't Klooster -- DIY and maker communities in electronic music / John Richards -- Extending the instrumental sound world using electronics / Money Adkins -- The analysis of electronic music / Mary Simoni.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending 786.7 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00197313
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Musicians are always quick to adopt and explore new technologies. The fast-paced changes wrought by electrification, from the microphone via the analogue synthesiser to the laptop computer, have led to a wide range of new musical styles and techniques. Electronic music has grown to a broad field of investigation, taking in historical movements such as musique concrète and elektronische Musik, and contemporary trends such as electronic dance music and electronica. The first edition of this book won the 2009 Nicolas Bessaraboff Prize as it brought together researchers at the forefront of the sonic explorations empowered by electronic technology to provide accessible and insightful overviews of core topics and uncover some hitherto less publicised corners of worldwide movements. This updated and expanded second edition includes four entirely new chapters, as well as new original statements from globally renowned artists of the electronic music scene, and celebrates a diverse array of technologies, practices and music.

Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.

The origins of electronic music / Andrew Hugill -- Electronic music and the studio / Margaret Schedel -- Live electronic music / Nicolas Collins -- A history of programming and music / Ge Wang -- Interactivity and live computer music / Sergi Jorda -- Algorithmic composition / Karlheinz Essl -- Live audiovisuals / Amy Alexander and Nick Collins -- Network music / Julian Rohrhuber -- Electronic music and the moving image / Julio d'Escrivan -- Computer generation and manipulation of sounds / Stefania Serafin -- Trends in electroacoustic music / Natasha Barrett -- Electronic sound art and aesthetic experience / Adinda van 't Klooster -- DIY and maker communities in electronic music / John Richards -- Extending the instrumental sound world using electronics / Money Adkins -- The analysis of electronic music / Mary Simoni.

Reviews provided by Syndetics

CHOICE Review

This volume serves as a valuable introduction to the culturally dispersed, often esoteric world of electronic music. Each chapter examines an important theme, and these range from algorithmic composition to the psychology of electronic music, film and video game music, and the evolving spaces in which electronic music is made. Although the contributors focus on modern practice, they do present a history of the foundational ideas behind topics, a few reaching back as far as ancient Greece. The book is not intended to provide a comprehensive history of the genre but instead a way to explore many of the primary contexts and methods that surround the creation of contemporary electronic music. Chapters vary significantly in quality of writing and approach, but all favor practical examination over theory and are readily accessible to anyone with a basic understanding of contemporary music. Collins and d'Escrivan also include short statements from 30 prominent composers of electronic music. This is an indispensible resource for newcomers hoping to gain a practical understanding of the culture and creation of contemporary electronic music. Summing Up: Essential. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates, graduate students. B. A. Hunter University of Idaho