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Composing electronic music : a new aesthetic /

Electronic music evokes new sensations, feelings, and thoughts in both composers and listeners. Opening the door to an unlimited universe of sound, it engages spatialization as an integral aspect of composition and focuses on sound transformation as a core structural strategy.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roads, Curtis
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2015.
Table of Contents:
  • The electronic medium
  • Aesthetic foundations
  • The nature of sound
  • Creating sound materials
  • Sound transformation
  • Processes of rhythm
  • Pitch in electronic music
  • Articulating space
  • Multiscale organization
  • Sonic narrative
  • Generative strategies
  • The art of mixing
  • Appendix A: sound examples