Sonic Experience
A Guide to Everyday Sounds
Jean-François Augoyard author Henri Torgue author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
Published:5th Apr '06
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
A multidisciplinary work spanning musicology, electro-acoustic composition, architecture, urban studies, communication, phenomenology, social theory, physics, and psychology. It intends to rehabilitate general acoustic awareness, combining definitions and literary examples with technical information for specialists.This brilliant book on the effects of sound on listeners is itself a stimulating listening experience, says composer R. Murray Schafer.
"Reading this book is like a stimulating listening experience: I found myself measuring the effects of sounds heard, overheard, or imagined." R. Murray Schafer, composer and author of The Tuning of the World
ISBN: 9780773529427
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 460g
230 pages