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- PublisherPrentice Hall
- Publication date1972
- ISBN 10 0135353939
- ISBN 13 9780135353936
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages315
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The Liberation of Sound: An Introduction to Electronic Music
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 315 pages. Ex-university library marks, fading and wear to the covers; pages toned; broken binding early in the book but still a reading copy. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Music, Opera, Ballet, Dance; ISBN: 0135353939. ISBN/EAN: 9780135353936. Inventory No: 216581. Seller Inventory # 216581
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hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. Seller Inventory # mon0000779110
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The Liberation of Sound: An Introduction to Electronic Music
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.55. Seller Inventory # G0135353939I3N01
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The liberation of sound: An introduction to electronic music
Seller: Epilonian Books, Manhattan Beach, CA, U.S.A.
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hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Prentice Hall [Published date: 1972]. Hard cover, 315 pp. Third printing. Good in acceptable dust jacket. Maroon cloth covered boards with blind stamped decoration on front and blue lettering on spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers and light overall scuffing and soiling to covers as well. Binding tight. Pages lightly aged but otherwise clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has several 1/2" or less chips and tears and creasing along the edges. 1" square scratched patch at top of front cover where price sticker was removed taking top colored layer of paper with it. Light to moderate overall scuffing to jacket as well with a bit of the color scuffed off along the edges and spine. Price clipped. Now in an archival-quality (removable) Brodart Cover. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Includes an 8 page section black and white illustrations. [From jacket flaps] Ping, pluck, THUD, the hum of the airport, whir of the turnstile, scream of the universe .ELECTRONIC SOUND. Electronic wasn't even in the dictionary until 1940, and the tape recorder and magnetic tape weren't developed until the 50s. In its current forms, electronic music is essentially a product of post-World War II society, yet the roots of what has been called the New Music extend back more than a century. The Liberation of Sound is the first book about electronic music that is intended for laymen as well as professional musicians and electronic enthusiasts. With insight and skill, Herbert Russcol traces the growth of this new music - from the cautious yet revolutionary departures from strict tonality in the nineteenth century to the mind-bending experiments with sound today. In detailing the context within which the New Music has developed, Russcol discusses the nature of sound and analyzes the dreams and techniques that have led to its liberation. Of particular interest is the far-reaching work being done with electronic sound and computer-produced composition at Bell Laboratories. As a result of this kind of work, composers now have available to them for the first time the entire spectrum of sound and the technology of the electronic age. What emerges is a music that is still controversial - thought of by some as cold and mechanical, by others as reflecting the ambiguities and complexities of modern life more eloquently than any other art form. Drawing on history and sociology, Russcol focuses on men and events - the partnership of Le Corbusier and Varèse in building the great Poème electronique for the Brussels World's Fair . . . the smashing of equipment by angry New York Philharmonic musicians who refused to play a John Cage composition . . . the mad rush of millions to buy the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper" album. His biographical sketches of significant composers - including the towering figures of Busoni and Varese, as well as Xanakis, Berio, Boulez, Stockhausen among the Europeans, Ives, Ruggles, Luening, Babbitt, Subotnick, Brown, and Cage among the Americans-are more than accumulations of dates and statistics. They include anecdotes, the opinions of friends and detractors, and the author's analysis and evaluation of each composer's work. In addition Russcol reviews selected recordings and reprints a partial discography of electronic music compiled by Peter Frank. He also presents a collection of significant essays provided for this book by their authors: "Documented History of the Cologne School" by Otto Luening, "Some Thoughts on Computers and Music" by Dr. J. B. Pierce of Bell Laboratories, and "The Composer and Computer Music" by Professor Hubert S. Howe, Jr. From Jacques Barzun's preface entitled "A Request for the Loan of Your Ears" to the detailed overview that follows, The Liberation of Sound is continuously informative and absorbing. It is a major contribution to the understanding and appreciation of a complex contemporary phenomenon. Seller Inventory # 20240327011
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The liberation of sound: An introduction to electronic music
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hardcover. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! Seller Inventory # S_399633877
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The Liberation of Sound: An Introduction to Electronic Music
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Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1972
ISBN 10: 0135353939
ISBN 13: 9780135353936
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Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good (in mylar). B&W Photographs (illustrator). 2nd Printing. Textblock is very clean and very tight, b&w photos; All edges are straight and sound; Bumped head and foot of spine and board corners; Unclipped dust jacket, moisture worn top front corner, creased head and foot of spine, creased corners. 315p., including appendix, bibliography, and index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Seller Inventory # SB17054
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The liberation of sound: An introduction to electronic music
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ISBN 10: 0135353939
ISBN 13: 9780135353936
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 315 page hardcover with Appendices and Bibliography, and a Partial Discography of Electronic Music on Recordings (1970). Dust jacket is bright, complete and clean. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean. Seller Inventory # 540309
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The Liberation of Sound: An Introduction to Electronic Music
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The book has a slightly shaken and shifted spine, loose hinges, a gentle crack in the binding at page 254-255, and very lightly bumped corners at the top of the covers, otherwise this book is in very good condition with crisp, unmarked pages, a tight binding, and a clean cover. The dustjacket has minor rubbing and surface scratching to both covers, shelfwear to the edges and corners of the jacket resulting in few creases and tears the longest being approx 1/2 inch long at the top edge of the back cover, mild toning most notable at the back cover and jacket flaps, and slight color loss to some creases on the spine, otherwise the dustjacket is in good condition, intact and attractive, and is in an archival protective mylar. Seller Inventory # 1017240
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Liberation of Sound: An Introduction to Electronic Music
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West Nyack, New York, U.S.A.: Prentice Hall, 1972
ISBN 10: 0135353939
ISBN 13: 9780135353936
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THE LIBERATION OF SOUND An Introduction to Electronic Music
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Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1972
ISBN 10: 0135353939
ISBN 13: 9780135353936
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Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Owner bookplate on front pastedown. Lightly cocked spine. ; 9.1 X 6.2 X 1.4 inches; 315 pages. Seller Inventory # 163315
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