The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music
Edited by Roger T. Dean
Abstract
The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music offers a cross-section of field-defining topics and debates in computer music. It situates computer music in the broad context of its creation and performance across the range of issues—from music cognition to pedagogy to sociocultural topics—that shape discourse in the field. Fifty years after musical tones were produced on a computer for the first time, developments in laptop computing have brought computer music within reach of all listeners and composers. Production and distribution of computer music have grown tremendously as a result. An international array of music creators and academics discuss computer music's history, present, and future with a wide perspective, including composition, improvisation, interactive performance, spatialization, sound synthesis, sonification, and modeling. Throughout, they merge practice with theory to offer an insight into computer music's possibilities and enduring appeal.
Keywords:
music cognition,
pedagogy,
sociocultural topics,
laptop computing,
production,
distribution,
composition,
improvisation,
interactive performance,
spatialization,
sound synthesis,
sonification,
modeling,
practice,
theory
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Print Publication Date:
- Apr 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199792030
- Published online:
- Sep 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199792030.001.0001
