Mind models : new forms of musical experience / Roger Reynolds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reynolds, Roger, 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--20th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Music--21st century--History and criticism.

Music--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xviii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2005.

Summary:

"Mind Models "supplies a roadmap for navigating the complex network of aesthetic concerns faced by contemporary composers and their audiences. When it was first published in 1975, Mind Models captured perfectly the essential pluralism of the contemporary music world, with its tremendous diversity of musical styles and compositional methods Reynolds has now revisited this text and renewed it based on developments over the past 25 years, changes that have-if anything-underscored that the issues he first addressed in this book remain of vital concern to virtually every serious composer. This new edition of "Mind Models "reintroduces and renews a classic work on 20th century composition, one that has remained relevant for over a quarter century-and should remain a central reading for decades to come.

Contents:

Rates of change. Permanence ; Acceleration and pace ; Diversity ; Capability ; Acceptance of context ; New models

The states of art. Commerce and excellence ; Subgroups in society ; The general event

The public and private realms. Alternate forms of art ; Alternate approaches to art

Sound. Natural sound and its limits ; Synthesis ; The last dimension: space

Time. Short intervals, duration, and temporal perspective ; Experimental approaches to measurement ; Some pitfalls ; Altered time frames

Notation. The creative continuum ; The function of notation ; Good notational practice

Morphology in music. Computers: the necessity of foresight ; The implications of abundance ; Changing views of experience.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415974283

0415974291

OCLC:

60322005