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Sonic Experience: A Guide To Everyday Sounds
Jean-Francois Augoyard
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Description for Sonic Experience: A Guide To Everyday Sounds
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 230 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AV; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 436.
This brilliant book on the effects of sound on listeners is itself a stimulating listening experience, says composer R. Murray Schafer.
This brilliant book on the effects of sound on listeners is itself a stimulating listening experience, says composer R. Murray Schafer.
Product Details
Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
436g
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773529427
SKU
V9780773529427
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Jean-Francois Augoyard
Jean-Francois Augoyard, a philosopher, urban planner, and musicologist, is the founder of CRESSON at the School of Architecture in Grenoble. Henry Torgue, a sociologist and urban planner, is a researcher at CRESSON and an author, pianist, and composer.
Reviews for Sonic Experience: A Guide To Everyday Sounds
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