Sonic phantoms : composition with auditory phantasmatic presence / Barbara Ellison and Thomas Bey William Bailey ; edited by Francisco López .

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellison, Barbara, author.

Bailey, Thomas Bey William, author.

Contributor:

López, Francisco, editor.

Series:

Bloomsbury sound studies.

Sound studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Instrumental music--Psychological aspects.

Instrumental music.

Auditory perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

"In this book, Barbara Ellison and Thomas B. W. Bailey lay out and explore the mystifying and evanescent musical territory of 'sonic phantoms': auditory illusions within the musical material that convey a 'phantasmatic' presence. Structured around a large body of compositional work developed by Ellison over the past decade, sonic phantoms are revealed and illustrated as they arise through a diverse array of musical sources, materials, techniques, and compositional tools: voices (real and synthetic), field recordings, instrument manipulation, object amplification, improvisation, and recording studio techniques. Somehow inherent in all music - and perhaps in all sound - sonic phantoms lurk and stalk with the promise of mystery and elevation. We just need to conjure them."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

List of Figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 Phantasmagenics

2 Inducing the phantasmatic

3 Phantasma Instrumentalis: The Realm of the Instrument

4 Phantasma Materialis: The Realm of the Object

5 Phantasma Humana: The Realm of the Voice

6 Phantasma Naturalis: The Realm of Nature

7 Coda: Otoacoustic Emissions: The Phantom Within

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781501347054

1501347055

9781501347030

1501347039

OCLC:

1150190277