Sonic Experience
A Guide to Everyday Sounds
Will be published approx. on 5. April 2006
Book
Hardback
230 pages
978-0-7735-2548-1 (ISBN)
Description
This brilliant book on the effects of sound on listeners is itself a stimulating listening experience, says composer R. Murray Schafer.
Reviews / Votes
"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 WorldMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
8 b&w photographs
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
580 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-2548-1 (9780773525481)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
06/2014
1st Edition
McGill-Queen's University Press
€30.49
Available for download
E-Book
04/2006
McGill-Queen's University Press
€55.99
Available for download
Persons
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.