Sounding things out : a journey through music and sound art / Esther Venrooij.

"The publication is based on the PhD dissertation Audio topography -- the interaction of sound, space and medium completed at KULeuven..."--Colophon

Includes bibliographical references, discography, and filmography

Prelude ; Vessel ; Isolation ; Performance ; Space ; Works ; Artists ; Books ; Songs ; Films

"Sound is ephemeral. It does not belong to anyone. It cannot be captured in words. Writing on sound art usually focuses on the same familiar figures, but this treatment will broaden the field to explore artistic practitioners like the godfather of movie sound, Walter Murch, the king of the jungle Chris Watson, naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, pioneer wildlife recordist Ludwig Karl Koch, American pioneer composer and master teacher James Fulkerson, uncompromising composer Eliane Radigue, visionary sound sculptor Edgard Varèse, offbeat composer Luc Ferrari, true maverick Maryanne Amacher, and sonic terrorist MSBR aka Koji Tano and others. Sounding Things Out explains what it is like to work as a composer with sound and installation art. Drawing on anecdotal and personal insight as well, Esther Venrooij explores the spaces between sounds, and follows the subject through the cracks where it isn't supposed to go, thereby making her sound art theory accesible to anyone with an interest in music and sound." -- Back cover

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