Sonic experience : a guide to everyday sounds / edited by Jean-Francois Augoyard and Henry Torgue; translated by Andra McCartney and David Paquete.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Augoyard, Jean-François, Author.

Contributor:

Augoyard, Jean François, 1941-

Torgue, Henry.

Standardized Title:

A l'écoute de l'environnement. English

À l'écoute de l'environnement. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sound--Psychological aspects.

Sound.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a multidisciplinary work spanning musicology, electro-acoustic composition, architecture, urban studies, communication, phenomenology, social theory, physics, and psychology, Jean-François Augoyard, Henry Torgue, and their associates at the Centre for Research on Sonic Space and the Urban Environment (CRESSON) in Grenoble, France, provide an alphabetical sourcebook of eighty sonic/auditory effects. Their accounts of sonic effects such as echo, anticipation, vibrato, and wha-wha integrate information about the objective physical spaces in which sounds occur with cultural contexts and individual auditory experience. Sonic Experience attempts to rehabilitate general acoustic awareness, combining accessible definitions and literary examples with more in-depth technical information for specialists.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Sonic Effects""; ""Thematic listing""; ""Alphabetical listing""; ""Foreword""; ""Translators' Note""; ""About the Authors""; ""Introduction""; ""Guide to Sonic Effects""; ""Notes""; ""Thematic Reading List""; ""Bibliography""

Notes:

Translation of: A l'écoute de l'environnement.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-216) and index.

ISBN:

9786612867354

9780773580664

0773580662

9781282867352

1282867350

9780773576919

0773576916

OCLC:

923234748