Bibliograph

Sound unseen, acousmatic sound in theory and practice, Brian Kane

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Label

Sound unseen, acousmatic sound in theory and practice, Brian Kane

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-291) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sound unseen

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

858975563

Responsibility statement

Brian Kane

Sub title

acousmatic sound in theory and practice

Summary

Explores acousmatic sound - sound coming from outside the field of vision, from somewhere beyond. An unusual and neglected word 'acousmatic' was first introduced into modern parlance in the mid-1960s by avant garde composer of musique concrète Pierre Schaeffer. Working through, and often against, Schaeffer's ideas, Brian Kane presents a powerful argument for the central yet overlooked role of acousmatic sound in music aesthetics, sound studies, literature, philosophy and the history of the senses

Table Of Contents

The acousmatic situation. Pierre Schaeffer, the sound object, and the acousmatic reduction -- Interruptions. Myth and the origin of the Pythagorean veil ; The baptism of the acousmate -- Conditions. Acousmatic phantasmagoria and the problem of technê ; Interlude : Must musique concrète be phantasmagoric? ; Kafka and the ontology of acousmatic sound -- Cases. Acousmatic fabrications : Les Paul and the 'Les Paulverizer' ; The acousmatic voice

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