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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS; ROGER T. DEAN; SECTION I: SOME HISTORIES OF COMPUTER MUSIC AND ITS TECHNOLOGIES; DOUGLAS KEISLAR; PAUL DOORNBUSCH; PETER MANNING; SECTION II: THE MUSIC; JAMES HARLEY; ROGER T. DEAN; SECTION III: SOUNDING OUT; TREVOR WISHART; TIM PERKIS; SIMON EMMERSON; SECTION IV: CREATIVE AND PERFORMANCE MODES; WAYNE SIEGEL; GARTH PAINE; ATAU TANAKA; PETER LENNOX; HAZEL SMITH; NOAM SAGIV, FREYA BAILES AND ROGER T. DEAN; DAVID WORRALL; NICK COLLINS; JON MCCORMACK, ALICE ELDRIDGE, ALAN DORIN AND PETER MCILWAIN; SECTION V: COGNITION AND COMPUTATION OF COMPUTER MUSIC; GERAINT A. WIGGINS, MARCUS T. PEARCE AND DANIEL MULLENSIEFEN; MICHAEL CASEY; SECTION VI: SOUNDING OUT; GEORGE E. LEWIS; PAULINE OLIVEROS; FREYA BAILES AND ROGER T. DEAN; SECTION VII: CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL ISSUES; MARY SIMONI; LEIGH LANDY; JORAN RUDI AND PALMYRE PIERROUX; APPENDIX; PAUL DOORNBUSCH; CONTRIBUTORS