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ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC

COURSE CODE: 46605

COURSE TYPE: OPTIONAL

ΕCTS: 5

SEMESTER: 5TH  | WINTER

COURSE LANGUAGE: GREEK

 

SYLLABUS

  1. Historical and philosophical issues surrounding electroacoustic music of the 20th century
  2. Futurists, musique concrète, elektronische musik, sound-object, listening
  3. Morphology of sound, categorising sound objects, listening
  4. Composing, transforming sound material, working with families of sounds
  5. Constructing soundscapes, cause and effect relationships, sound textures, layering sound objects,  rhythm, listening
  6. Student work presentations I
  7. Graphic scores
  8. Surround I
  9. Surround II | multichannel diffusion
  10. Student presentations I
  11. Student presentations II
  12. Sound synthesis techniques
  13. Algorithmic composition

 

Open topics in class:

  • Sound spatialisation
  • Acousmatic music
  • Algorithmic composition
  • Laptop orchestras
  • Live electronics
  • Generative music and ambient
  • Interactive electronic music
  • New interfaces for musical expression

Live coding

 

ΒIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Bregman, A. S. (2001), Auditory Scene Analysis: The Perceptual Organization of Sound, MIT Press.

  • Collins N., d’Escrivan J. eds. (2007), The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music, Cambridge University Press.

  • Cox, C., Warner, D. eds. (2017), Audio Culture, Revised Edition: Readings in Modern Music, Bloomsbury Academic.

  • Demers J., T., (2010) Listening Through the Noise: The Aesthetics of Experimental Electronic Music, Oxford University Press.

  • Emmerson S. ed. (1986) The Language of Electroacoustic Music, Macmillan Press.

  • Holmes, T., (2002), Electronic and Experimental Music: Pioneers in Technology and Composition, Routledge.

  • Kettlewell, B. (2002), Electronic Music Pioneers, ProMusic Press.

  • Manning, P., (2013), Electronic and Computer Music, Oxford University Press.

  • Nyman, M., (2000), Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond, Cambridge University Press.

  • Roads, C. (1996), The Computer Music Tutorial, MIT Press.

  • Wishart, T. (1996), On Sonic Art, Routledge.

  • Yewdall D.L (2013) Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound, 4th Edition, Routledge.

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