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September 2007
6 x 9, 320 pp., 1 illus.
$40.00/£29.95 (CLOTH)
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ISBN-10:
0-262-12292-8
ISBN-13:
978-0-262-12292-4

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Understanding the Art of Sound Organization
Leigh Landy

Preface
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Introduction
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(A)Art Meets Daily Life
Listening to Real-World Sounds in an Artistic Context
1
(B)Commencing the Classification Debate
Is Sound Art Music?
5
(C)The Terminology Debate
Defining the Main Terms
9
1From Intention to Reception to Appreciation
Offering Listeners Some Things to Hold On To
21
(A)How Accessible Are Works of Organized Sound?21
(B)Communication from the Maker's and the Listener's Points of View35
(C)Further Issues Concerning Access and Sound-based Music
Addendum: The Three Intention/Reception Project Questionnaires
62
2From Concept to Production to Presentation to Theory
Creating "Co-hear-ence"
67
(A)Families of Approaches/Works of Organized Sound70
(B)A Return to the Classification Debate
In Search of a Paradigm
175
3Toward a Framework for the Study of Sound-based Artworks181
(A)To Start181
(B)The Proposed Framework187
(C)Looking Forward226
Appendix: The Keyword Index from the ElectroAcoustic Resource Site (EARS)231
Notes239
References259
Index
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