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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524903403321

Autore

Nelson Andrew J.

Titolo

The sound of innovation : Stanford and the computer music revolution / / Andrew J. Nelson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : The MIT Press, 2015

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-262-32882-8

0-262-32881-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 pages)

Collana

Inside technology

Disciplina

786.7/60979473

Soggetti

Computer music - History and criticism

Music - Computer programs - History

Music and technology - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-226) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Setting the Stage -- 3 The First Movement -- 4 Tension and Release -- 5 Duet for Stanford and Yamaha -- 6 From Exposition to Development -- 7 Plucking the Golden Gate Bridge -- 8 Recapitulation and Variations -- 9 Coda -- Appendix: Interviews Conducted by Author -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

How a team of musicians, engineers, computer scientists, and psychologists developed computer music as an academic field and ushered in the era of digital music.