Music, electronic media, and culture
Technology revolutionised the ways that music was produced in the twentieth century. As that century drew to a close and a new century begins a new revolution in roles is underway. The separate categories of composer, performer, distributor and listener are being challenged, while the sounds of the...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Aldershot ; Burlington, USA :
Ashgate,
c2000
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| Summary: | Technology revolutionised the ways that music was produced in the twentieth century. As that century drew to a close and a new century begins a new revolution in roles is underway. The separate categories of composer, performer, distributor and listener are being challenged, while the sounds of the world itself become available for musical use. All kinds of sounds are now brought into the remit of composition, enabling the music of others to be sampled (or plundered), including that of unwitting musicians from non-western cultures. This sound world may appear contradictory - stimulating and in |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0-7546-8632-9 1-281-09865-5 1-315-59687-3 1-317-09171-X 9786611098650 |