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Nothing but Noise: Timbre and Musical Meaning at the Edge by Zachary Wallmark (E
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- ISBN-13
- 9780190495107
- Book Title
- Nothing but Noise
- ISBN
- 9780190495107
- Subject Area
- Music
- Publication Name
- Nothing but Noise : Timbre and Musical Meaning at the Edge
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 6.5 in
- Subject
- History & Criticism, General
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Item Width
- 9.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 232 Pages
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0190495103
ISBN-13
9780190495107
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3057243678
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Nothing but Noise : Timbre and Musical Meaning at the Edge
Publication Year
2022
Subject
History & Criticism, General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Music
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
6.5 in
Item Width
9.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2023-567130
Reviews
"Every musicologist should read this book, and it is required reading for those dealing with the cognition of music. Essential." -- CHOICE "In this book Zachary Wallmark confronts head on an aspect of musical practice that is at once elusive and essential: the enduring mystery of timbre. In Wallmark's hands, however, this mystery does not so much endure as become an entry point for exploring the bases of musical expression. Through a splendid blend of empirical research and humanistic inquiry, set out in lucid and approachable prose, he explains how timbre matters as well as why it matters. This is a foundational study that should be read by anyone who has wondered about why music matters, and by everyone who cares about how music shapes our social interactions." -- Lawrence Zbikowski, Addie Clark Harding Professor of Music and the Humanities at the University of Chicago "With this book, Zachary Wallmark has made an ambitious contribution to the famously elusive study of musical timbre...Wallmark succeeds admirably in avoiding the shortcomings of both the scientific desire to study sound in isolation from the messiness of human subjectivity and the humanistic reduction of musical experience to the arbitrary play of cultural difference. His book is perhaps best viewed as an attempt not so much to bridge the 'two cultures' as to harmonize their best qualities." -- Thomas Patteson, Journal of the American Musicological Society, "In this book Zachary Wallmark confronts head on an aspect of musical practice that is at once elusive and essential: the enduring mystery of timbre. In Wallmark's hands, however, this mystery does not so much endure as become an entry point for exploring the bases of musical expression. Through a splendid blend of empirical research and humanistic inquiry, set out in lucid and approachable prose, he explains how timbre matters as well as why it matters. This is a foundational study that should be read by anyone who has wondered about why music matters, and by everyone who cares about how music shapes our social interactions." -- Lawrence Zbikowski, Addie Clark Harding Professor of Music and the Humanities at the University of Chicago, "Every musicologist should read this book, and it is required reading for those dealing with the cognition of music. Essential." -- CHOICE"In this book Zachary Wallmark confronts head on an aspect of musical practice that is at once elusive and essential: the enduring mystery of timbre. In Wallmark's hands, however, this mystery does not so much endure as become an entry point for exploring the bases of musical expression. Through a splendid blend of empirical research and humanistic inquiry, set out in lucid and approachable prose, he explains how timbre matters as well as why it matters. Thisis a foundational study that should be read by anyone who has wondered about why music matters, and by everyone who cares about how music shapes our social interactions." -- Lawrence Zbikowski, AddieClark Harding Professor of Music and the Humanities at the University of Chicago"With this book, Zachary Wallmark has made an ambitious contribution to the famously elusive study of musical timbre...Wallmark succeeds admirably in avoiding the shortcomings of both the scientific desire to study sound in isolation from the messiness of human subjectivity and the humanistic reduction of musical experience to the arbitrary play of cultural difference. His book is perhaps best viewed as an attempt not so much to bridge the 'two cultures' as toharmonize their best qualities." -- Thomas Patteson, Journal of the American Musicological Society"[Zachary Wallmark's] recent book Nothing but Noise Timbre and Musical Meaning at the Edge represents a rich and ambitious project aimed at defining a systematic analytical framework for the study of timbre and its meanings...by bringing together the deceptively opposing viewpoints of the humanities and of what are commonly and loosely referred to as the "exact" sciences. Wallmark offers both a comprehensive view of the timbre processing chain and areflection leading to ethical implications that suggest a renewed attention to the role endowed by the timbral parameter." -- Matthieu Galliker, Revue musicale OICRM, "Every musicologist should read this book, and it is required reading for those dealing with the cognition of music. Essential." -- CHOICE"In this book Zachary Wallmark confronts head on an aspect of musical practice that is at once elusive and essential: the enduring mystery of timbre. In Wallmark's hands, however, this mystery does not so much endure as become an entry point for exploring the bases of musical expression. Through a splendid blend of empirical research and humanistic inquiry, set out in lucid and approachable prose, he explains how timbre matters as well as why it matters. This is a foundational study that should be read by anyone who has wondered about why music matters, and by everyone who cares about how music shapes our social interactions." -- Lawrence Zbikowski, Addie Clark Harding Professor of Music and the Humanities at the University of Chicago"With this book, Zachary Wallmark has made an ambitious contribution to the famously elusive study of musical timbre...Wallmark succeeds admirably in avoiding the shortcomings of both the scientific desire to study sound in isolation from the messiness of human subjectivity and the humanistic reduction of musical experience to the arbitrary play of cultural difference. His book is perhaps best viewed as an attempt not so much to bridge the 'two cultures' as to harmonize their best qualities." -- Thomas Patteson, Journal of the American Musicological Society, "Every musicologist should read this book, and it is required reading for those dealing with the cognition of music. Essential." -- CHOICE "In this book Zachary Wallmark confronts head on an aspect of musical practice that is at once elusive and essential: the enduring mystery of timbre. In Wallmark's hands, however, this mystery does not so much endure as become an entry point for exploring the bases of musical expression. Through a splendid blend of empirical research and humanistic inquiry, set out in lucid and approachable prose, he explains how timbre matters as well as why it matters. This is a foundational study that should be read by anyone who has wondered about why music matters, and by everyone who cares about how music shapes our social interactions." -- Lawrence Zbikowski, Addie Clark Harding Professor of Music and the Humanities at the University of Chicago, "Every musicologist should read this book, and it is required reading for those dealing with the cognition of music. Essential." -- CHOICE"In this book Zachary Wallmark confronts head on an aspect of musical practice that is at once elusive and essential: the enduring mystery of timbre. In Wallmark's hands, however, this mystery does not so much endure as become an entry point for exploring the bases of musical expression. Through a splendid blend of empirical research and humanistic inquiry, set out in lucid and approachable prose, he explains how timbre matters as well as why it matters. This is a foundational study that should be read by anyone who has wondered about why music matters, and by everyone who cares about how music shapes our social interactions." -- Lawrence Zbikowski, Addie Clark Harding Professor of Music and the Humanities at the University of Chicago"With this book, Zachary Wallmark has made an ambitious contribution to the famously elusive study of musical timbre...Wallmark succeeds admirably in avoiding the shortcomings of both the scientific desire to study sound in isolation from the messiness of human subjectivity and the humanistic reduction of musical experience to the arbitrary play of cultural difference. His book is perhaps best viewed as an attempt not so much to bridge the 'two cultures' as to harmonize their best qualities." -- Thomas Patteson, Journal of the American Musicological Society "[Zachary Wallmark's] recent book Nothing but Noise Timbre and Musical Meaning at the Edge represents a rich and ambitious project aimed at defining a systematic analytical framework for the study of timbre and its meanings...by bringing together the deceptively opposing viewpoints of the humanities and of what are commonly and loosely referred to as the "exact" sciences. Wallmark offers both a comprehensive view of the timbre processing chain and a reflection leading to ethical implications that suggest a renewed attention to the role endowed by the timbral parameter." -- Matthieu Galliker, Revue musicale OICRM
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
781.234
Table Of Content
Introduction The Meaning of Timbre I. Fundamental Chapter 1: Body and Emotion in the Sonic Act Chapter 2: Conceptualizing Timbre: From Material to Metaphor II. Spectrum Chapter 3: The Most Powerful Human Sound Ever Created: Theorizing the Saxophonic Scream in Free Jazz Chapter 4: Sound and Embodiment in the Japanese Shakuhachi Chapter 5: Vector of Brutality: Madness, Violence, and Contagion in Heavy Metal Reception III. Resonance Chapter 6: The Aural Face Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Nothing but Noise: Timbre and Musical Meaning at the Edge explores how timbre shapes musical affect and meaning. Integrating perspectives from musicology with the cognitive sciences, author Zachary Wallmark advances a novel model of timbre interpretation that takes into account the bodily, sensorimotor dynamics of sound production and perception. The contribution of timbre to musical experience is clearest in drastic situations where meaning is itself contested; that is, in polarizing contexts of reception where evaluation of "musical" timbre by some listeners collides headlong against a competing claim-that it is just "noise." Taking this ubiquitous moment as a starting point, the book explores affect, reception, and timbre semantics through diverse cultural-historical case studies that frustrate the acoustic and perceptual boundary between musical sound and noise. Nothing but Noise includes chapters on the racial and gender politics in the reception of free jazz saxophone "screaming" in the late 1960s; an analysis of contested timbral ideals in the performance practices of the Japanese shakuhachi flute; and an historical examination of the overlooked role of "brutal" timbres in the moral panic over heavy metal in the eighties and nineties. The book closes with a discussion of the slippery social fault lines separating perceptions of musical sound from noise and the ethical stakes of encountering another's "aural face.", Nothing but Noise: Timbre and Musical Meaning at the Edge explores how timbre shapes musical affect and meaning. Integrating perspectives from musicology with the cognitive sciences, author Zachary Wallmark advances a novel model of timbre interpretation that takes into account the bodily, sensorimotor dynamics of sound production and perception
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ML3807
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