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Treatise on Musical Objects
An Essay across Disciplines
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This work is ideal for readers interested in music theory, electroacoustic music, sound studies, and the philosophy of music, including composers, researchers, and students in the arts and culture fields.
The "Treatise on Musical Objects" by Pierre Schaeffer is regarded as his most important work on music and its relationship with technology. Drawing on acoustics, physics, and physiology, but also philosophy and the relationship between subject and object, this book summarizes his theoretical and practical work in music composition.
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Treatise on Musical Objects is regarded as Pierre Schaeffer’s most important work on music and its relationship with technology. Schaeffer expands his earlier research in musique concrète to suggest a methodology of working with sounds based on his experiences in radio broadcasting and the recording studio.
Drawing on acoustics, physics, and physiology, but also on philosophy and the relationship between subject and object, Schaeffer’s essay summarises his theoretical and practical work in music composition. Translators Christine North and John Dack present an important book in the history of ideas in Europe that will resonate far beyond electroacoustic music.
Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music
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According to the Association for Recorded Sound Collections Journal, the English translation by Christine North and John Dack is highly effective, capturing the full impact of Schaeffer’s original text for English-speaking audiences.
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ISBN: 9780520294301
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 25 July 2017
Country: United States
Imprint: University of California Press
Illustration: 6 music ex, 7 b-w halftones, 5
Contributors:
- Translated by Christine North
- Translated by John Dack
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 38.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 907g
Pages: 624
About the Author
Composer, writer, electronic engineer, administrator Pierre Schaeffer (1910-1995) was the inventor of musique concrete created by combining and manipulating recorded sounds (rather than being played on conventional musical instruments). Christine North studied French at Oxford University and subsequently became a Senior Lecturer in French at Middlesex University before working currently as a translator of French poetry and academic texts. John Dack is Senior Lecturer in Music and Technology. He works at the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries and the Faculty of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, UK.
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