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In Search of a Concrete Music: Volume 15

In Search of a Concrete Music: Volume 15

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Availability:In StockContributor:Pierre Schaeffer, John Dack (Translator), Christine North (Translator)Series:California Studies in 20th-Century Music #15Publish date:2012-11-26Pages:244
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520265745ISBN-10:520265742UPC:9780520265745Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Individual Composer & MusicianBook Topic:ClassicalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCDWV0PW6K
Pierre Schaeffer's In Search of a Concrete Music (À la recherche d'une musique concrète) has long been considered a classic text in electroacoustic music and sound recording. Now Schaeffer's pioneering work--at once a journal of his experiments in sound composition and a treatise on the raison d'être of "concrete music"--is available for the first time in English translation. Schaeffer's theories have had a profound influence on composers working with technology. However, they extend beyond the confines of the studio and are applicable to many areas of contemporary musical thought, such as defining an 'instrument' and classifying sounds. Schaeffer has also become increasingly relevant to DJs and hip-hop producers as well as sound-based media artists. This unique book is essential for anyone interested in contemporary musicology or media history.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520265745ISBN-10:520265742UPC:9780520265745Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Individual Composer & MusicianBook Topic:ClassicalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCDWV0PW6K
Composer Pierre Schaeffer (1910-1995) was the inventor of musique concrète music created by combining and manipulating recorded sounds (rather than being played on conventional musical instruments).

Translators:
John Dack is Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Sonic Arts Department at Middlesex University. Christine North is retired as Lecturer in French at Middlesex University.
Publisher: University of California Press

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