Speech, music, sound

Speech, music, sound

by Leeuwen, Theo Van

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"This book explores what speech, music and other sounds have in common. It gives a detailed description of the way perspective, rhythm, textual quality and other aspects of sound are used to communicate emotion and meaning. It draws on a wealth of examples from radio (disk jockey and newsreading speech, radio plays, advertising jingles, news signature tunes), film soundtracks ( The Piano , The X-files , Disney animation films), music ranging from medieval plain chant to drum 'n' bass and everyd…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Speech, music, sound / Theo Van Leeuwen.

Summary

"This book explores what speech, music and other sounds have in common. It gives a detailed description of the way perspective, rhythm, textual quality and other aspects of sound are used to communicate emotion and meaning. It draws on a wealth of examples from radio (disk jockey and newsreading speech, radio plays, advertising jingles, news signature tunes), film soundtracks ( The Piano , The X-files , Disney animation films), music ranging from medieval plain chant to drum 'n' bass and everyday soundscapes."--

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1999.
  • Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Macmillan
  • Place of Publication:Houndmills [England]
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1999.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (viii, 231 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781350362468, 1350362468
  • oclc:on1340920927
  • LC Classification:P99
  • Dewey Decimal:302.2

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Perspective -- Time -- Interacting Sounds -- Melody -- Voice Quality and Timbre -- Modality -- Afterword -- Index and Bibliography.

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Subjects

Music Music -- Semiotics Semiotics Sound -- Recording and reproducing

Writers

Leeuwen, Theo Van

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