Title: New directions in music /
Authors: Cope, David.
Publisher: W. C. Brown Co.,
Year: 1976
Subjects: Music History and criticism
Contents: 1. Some thoughts on beginnings -- Overview -- Total control : the parting of the ways -- Sound-mass -- Instrument exploration -- Electronic music -- Media Forms -- Improvisation -- Indeterminate music -- Antimusic -- The post avant-garde -- Bibliography -- 2. Sound-mass, rhythm and microtones -- Sound-mass evolution -- Current examples -- Rhythmic developments -- Rhythmic control -- Microtones -- Bibliography -- 3. Instrument explorations -- Observations -- Strings -- Wind -- Percussion -- Vocal -- Keyboard instruments -- Harp -- Mixed ensembles and unique works -- Timbre modulation -- Antiphonal and spatial modulation -- New instruments -- Bibliography -- 4. Electronic and computer music -- Brief background -- Aesthetics -- Fundamentals -- Synthesizers -- Studios -- Other developments -- Notable composers and works -- Tape and ... -- Live electronic music -- Notations -- Computer music -- Computer composition -- Computer-generated sound -- Computer aid -- Computer control of synthesizer functions -- Visual notation and control -- Future -- Bibliography -- 5. Media forms -- Definitions, aesthetics, and origins -- Multimedia -- Mixed-media -- Inter-media -- Quotes -- Bibliography -- 6. Improvisation -- Aesthetics and definition -- Immediate background -- Improvisation groups -- Works -- Bibliography -- 7. Indeterminacy -- Background -- Definition -- Composer indeterminacy -- Performer indeterminacy -- Composer and performer indeterminacy -- Bibliography -- 8. Antimusic -- Some fundamentals -- Danger music -- Minimal and concept music -- Biomusic -- Soundscapes -- Bibliography -- 9. The post avant-garde -- Evaluation -- Direction -- Leakage -- Composers and works -- Bibliography.