Sonic Design: The Nature of Sound and Music Book

This book has been written for students. It offers insights about various works of music, but more important, a repertory of ways of considering music. This repertory and ideas includes and explores the following: * European music, from Gregorian chant and the music of Guillaume de Mauchet to Messiaen and Boulez* The works of American composers such as Ives, Carter, Cage, and Babbit * The musical thought of China, India, and the Zuni American Indians, made intrinsic to the analysis of musical tone color, language, and rhythm..as well as reference to the musical cultures of Indonesia, Japan and TibetThe examination of music in diverse parameters...works regarded from different angles in different chapters of the book* The foundation of concepts of music theory in the science of sound and its perception, as well as in broader theories of communication and informationThe discussion, where necessary, of the relationship of musical ideas and structures to performance, as well as to ideas and structures in other realms of nature and human culture.Read More