On Sonic Art

InthisnewlyrevisedbookOnSonicArt,TrevorWisharttakesawide-ranginglookatthenewdevelopmentsinmusic-makingandmusicalaestheticsmadepossiblebytheadventofthecomputeranddigitalinformationprocessing.Hisemphasisisonmusicalratherthantechnicalmatters.BeginningwithacriticalanalysisoftheassumptionsunderlyingtheWesternmusicaltraditionandthetraditionalacoustictheoriesofPythagorasandHelmholtz,hegoesontolookindetailatsuchtopicsasthemusicalorganizationofcomplexsound-objects,usingandmanipulatingrepresentationalsoundsandthevariousdimensionsofhumanandnon-humanutterance.Insodoing,heseekstolearnlessonsfromareas(poetryandsound-poetry,film,soundeffectsandanimalcommunication)nottraditionallyassociatedwiththefieldofmusic.AbouttheAuthorTrevorWishartisacomposer,livingandworkingintheNorthofEngland.Hismusicalworkscoverawiderange,fromenvironmentalmusiceventsstagedinspe