Machine models of music
Beginning with music fundamentals, this text covers all the topics necessary for a thorough understanding of undergraduate music theory by focusing on music in context.
"Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the cross-pollenization of world musical materials and practices has accelerated precipitously, due in large part to advances in higher-speed communications and travel. We live now in a world of global musical practice that will onl…
Resonances: noise and contemporary music
Focusing not only on Gould's writings on music technology but also on those of Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) and Jean Le Moyne (1913-1996), this book provides a fresh perspective on Gould's thinking, which was embedded in and keenly alert to the intellectual world outside music.
"The term 'flow' refers to experiences where the musician moves into a consciousness in which time seems to be suspended and perception of reality is blurred by unconscious forces. An essential part of the jazz tradition, which often serves as the foundation of the musician's id…
'Roots of the Classical' identifies and traces to their source the patterns that make Western classical music unique, setting out the fundamental laws of melody and harmony, and sketching the development of tonality between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. The author then…
"This is the seventh publication in the series "Collected Writings of the Orpheus Institute.""--Jacket.
Music and gesture
Showcases key theoretical ideas and practical considerations in the area of scholarship on musical gesture. This book constructs and explores the relations between music and gesture from a range of differing perspectives, identifying theoretical approaches and examining the natu…
