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Beschreibung

Stories about new musical instruments are often told as quests for new kinds of sounds. The Composer's Black Box asks, What happens when new musical instruments produce not only new sounds but also new dynamics of musical agency and control? And what consequences do those new dynamics have for musicality beyond sound? With a focus on five key figures--Morton Subotnick, Pauline Oliveros, Donald Buchla, Alvin Lucier, and Sun Ra--this book explores how scientific and technological developments in mid-twentieth-century America galvanized musicians to reconfigure their conceptions of sociality, freedom, and the creative self. Theodore Gordon shows how cybernetic thinking in a range of disciplines, from experimental music to jazz and electrical engineering, has shaped musical techniques and technologies and changed what it means to be a composer--or, more broadly, a music-making human--in an increasingly informational world.

Stories about new musical instruments are often told as quests for new kinds of sounds. The Composer's Black Box asks, What happens when new musical instruments produce not only new sounds but also new dynamics of musical agency and control? And what consequences do those new dynamics have for musicality beyond sound? With a focus on five key figures--Morton Subotnick, Pauline Oliveros, Donald Buchla, Alvin Lucier, and Sun Ra--this book explores how scientific and technological developments in mid-twentieth-century America galvanized musicians to reconfigure their conceptions of sociality, freedom, and the creative self. Theodore Gordon shows how cybernetic thinking in a range of disciplines, from experimental music to jazz and electrical engineering, has shaped musical techniques and technologies and changed what it means to be a composer--or, more broadly, a music-making human--in an increasingly informational world.

Über den Autor
Theodore Gordon is Assistant Professor of Music at Baruch College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Importe, Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Allg. Handbücher & Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780520410206
ISBN-10: 0520410203
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gordon, Theodore
Hersteller: University of California Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 225 x 150 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Theodore Gordon
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.12.2025
Gewicht: 0,44 kg
Artikel-ID: 134331537