From Music to Sound: The Emergence of Sound in 20th- And 21st-Century Music

ISBN-13: 9781032087160 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 296 str.

Makis Solomos

Opis

From Music to Sound is an examination of the six musical histories whose convergence produces the emergence of sound, offering a plural, original history of new music. Both well-known and lesser-known works and composers are analysed in detail.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. On timbre

Chapter 2. On Noise

Chapter 3. Listening (sounds)

Chapter 4. Immersion in sound

Chapter 5. Composing sound

Chapter 6. Sound-space

O autorze

Makis Solomos was born in Greece and now lives in France, working as Professor of Musicology at the Université Paris 8 and as director of the research team MUSIDANSE. He has published many books and articles about new music, and he is one of the main international specialists of Xenakis’ music. Extending this book, he is now developing the frameworks for an ecology of sound and music.