Art 551
| autumn
2008
readingsreqired for class
Art of Noises, Luigi Russolo - 1913
The Liberation of Sound, Edgard Varèse - 1936
The Future of Music: Credo, John Cage - 1937
Plunderphonics, or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative (click on the first “p” from the splash page), John Oswald - 1984
other readings
Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music, ed. Christopher Cox and Daniel Warner
Arcana: Musicians of Music, ed. John Zorn
Electric Sound: The Past and Promise of Electronic Music, Joel Chadabe
Handmade Electronic Music, Nicolas Collins
New Digital Instruments: Control and Interaction Beyond the Keyboard, Edwardo R. Miranda and Marcelo M. Wanderley
NIME (New Interface for Musical Expression) festival proceednings
*Many of these books may be hard to find. The OSU library will be able to help, as well as the Columbus Metropolitan Library. Both have extensive inter-library loan capabilities.