Table Of Content

Title Page Page: iii Copyright Page Page: iv Contents Page: v Contributors Page: ix 1. Introduction: The Many Futures of Computer Music Page: 3 Part I. Some Histories of Computer Music and Its Technologies Page: 9 2. A Historical View of Computer Music Technology Page: 11 3. Early Hardware and Early Ideas in Computer Music: Their Development and Their Current Forms Page: 44 4. Sound Synthesis Using Computers Page: 85 Part II. The Music Page: 107 5. Computational Approaches to Composition of Notated Instrumental Music: Xenakis and the Other Pioneers Page: 109 6. Envisaging Improvisation in Future Computer Music Page: 133 Sounding Out Page: 149 7. Computer Music: Some Reflections Page: 151 8. Some Notes on My Electronic Improvisation Practice Page: 161 9. Combining the Acoustic and the Digital: Music for Instruments and Computers or Prerecorded Sound Page: 167 Part III. Creative and Performance Modes Page: 189 10. Dancing the Music: Interactive Dance and Music Page: 191 11. Gesture and Morphology in Laptop Music Performance Page: 214 12. Sensor-Based Musical Instruments and Interactive Music Page: 233 13. Spatialization and Computer Music Page: 258 14. The Voice in Computer Music and Its Relationship to Place, Identity, and Community Page: 274 15. Algorithmic Synesthesia Page: 294 16. An Introduction to Data Sonification Page: 312 17. Electronica Page: 334 18. Generative Algorithms for Making Music: Emergence, Evolution, and Ecosystems Page: 354 Part IV. Cognition and Computation of Computer Music Page: 381 19. Computational Modeling of Music Cognition and Musical Creativity Page: 383 20. Soundspotting: A New Kind of Process? Page: 421 Sounding Out Page: 455 21. Interactivity and Improvisation Page: 457 22. From Outside the Window: Electronic Sound Performance Page: 467 23. Empirical Studies of Computer Sound Page: 473 Part V. Cultural and Educational Issues Page: 491 24. Toward the Gender Ideal Page: 493 25. Sound-Based Music 4 All Page: 518 26. Framing Learning Perspectives in Computer Music Education Page: 536 Appendix: A Chronology of Computer Music and Related Events Page: 557 Index Page: 585

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The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music offers a state-of-the-art cross-section of the most field-defining topics and debates in computer music today. A unique contribution to the field, it situates computer music in the broad context of its creation and performance across the range of issues - from music cognition to pedagogy to sociocultural topics - that shape contemporary discourse in the field. Fifty years after musical tones were produced on a computer for the first time, developments in laptop computing have brought computer music within reach of all listeners and composers. Production and distribution of computer music have grown tremendously as a result, and the time is right for this survey of computer music in its cultural contexts. An impressive and international array of music creators and academics discuss computer music's history, present, and future with a wide perspective, including composition, improvisation, interactive performance, spatialization, sound synthesis, sonification, and modeling. Throughout, they merge practice with theory to offer a fascinating look into computer music's possibilities and enduring appeal.