Experiencing Sound

Experiencing Sound
Title Experiencing Sound PDF eBook
Author Lawrence Kramer
Publisher Univ of California Press
Pages 195
Release 2024-09-03
Genre Literary Collections
ISBN 0520400844

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From the winds of Mars to a baby's first laugh, a prolific philosopher-composer reflects on the profound imperative of sound in everyday life. Experiencing Sound presents its subject as fundamental to all experience—sensation, perception, and understanding. Lawrence Kramer turns on its head the widespread notion that vision takes pride of place among the senses and demonstrates how paying attention to sound can transform how we make meaning out of experience. Through a series of brief, lyrical forays, Kramer shows that sound, whether heard or unheard, is the object of a primary need and an essential component in the sensation of being alive and the perception of time. It is something that we may suffer—or be made to suffer—as well as enjoy. Like its predecessor The Hum of the World, this book ranges widely across music, philosophy, literature, art, media, and history, from classical antiquity to the present, as it invites us to experience sound anew.

Sound

Sound
Title Sound PDF eBook
Author Romana Romanyshyn
Publisher Chronicle Books
Pages 65
Release 2020-10-06
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 1797204157

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An award-winning visual tour of the world of sound. Intriguing, informative, and endlessly fascinating, a book that makes visible that which we otherwise only hear and feel as vibrations: SOUND. Award-winning authors and artists Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv achieve a remarkable fusion of the scientific exploration of the phenomenon of sound with a philosophic reflection on its nature that will appeal to inquisitive children looking to learn more about science and nature. A stunning sequence of rich infographics provoke the reader to listen . . . learn . . . and think. Whether it's hearing noise, music, speech . . . or silence, no one will come away from these pages without experiencing sound with new ears and a fresh understanding. • Stunning visual sophistication and compelling infographics will appeal to adults as well as children. • A perfect book for educators to share with children interested in STEM topics • A fascinating overlooked topic that will help children explore complex ideas about science and the natural world Translated into over 20 languages! Winner of the Bologna Ragazzi Award for best nonfiction book of the year. The award-winning, visually stunning Sound will appeal to young readers who enjoyed Animalium, Botanicum, Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World, and Human Body: A Visual Encyclopedia. • Science books for kids ages 8–12 • Biology books for kids • Human physiology books for kids The accessible, kid-friendly visuals throughout Sound help children to connect with STEM topics and learn surprising and interesting facts about one of our most important senses. The husband and wife team Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv, share an art studio, AGRAFKA, in Lviv, Ukraine. Sound, together with its companion Sight (coming Fall 2020) were the co-winners of the Bologna Ragazzi Award in 2018. Visit them at agrafkastudio.myportfolio.com.

Sound Ideas

Sound Ideas
Title Sound Ideas PDF eBook
Author Aden Evens
Publisher U of Minnesota Press
Pages 225
Release
Genre
ISBN 1452907307

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A highly original approach to the philosophy of musical experience.

The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World

The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World
Title The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World PDF eBook
Author Trevor Cox
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 391
Release 2014-02-10
Genre Science
ISBN 039324282X

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"A lucid and passionate case for a more mindful way of listening to and engaging with musical, natural, and manmade sounds." —New York Times In this tour of the world’s most unexpected sounds, Trevor Cox—the “David Attenborough of the acoustic realm” (Observer)—discovers the world’s longest echo in a hidden oil cavern in Scotland, unlocks the secret of singing sand dunes in California, and alerts us to the aural gems that exist everywhere in between. Using the world’s most amazing acoustic phenomena to reveal how sound works in everyday life, The Sound Book inspires us to become better listeners in a world dominated by the visual and to open our ears to the glorious cacophony all around us.

Sound, Music, Affect

Sound, Music, Affect
Title Sound, Music, Affect PDF eBook
Author Marie Thompson
Publisher A&C Black
Pages 262
Release 2013-03-14
Genre Music
ISBN 1441101764

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A wide-ranging collection of essays combining sound studies with affect studies, from an international and interdisciplinary cast of scholars.

Experiencing of Musical Sound

Experiencing of Musical Sound
Title Experiencing of Musical Sound PDF eBook
Author F. J. Smith
Publisher Routledge
Pages 278
Release 2019-06-04
Genre Music
ISBN 1136754806

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First Published in 1979. This book represents the work done by its author to begin to lay the ground musically and philosophically for enormous tasks that still remain to be done and may require a team of researchers in various fields relating to experiential phenomena. Coming from a background of musicological studies as well as active musical performance, the author's orientation is different from that of the professional philosopher as such, who is apt to understand sound phenomena in more generalized manner rather than addressing himself to specifics in music and music theory. These essays trace the path taken by the author in the last years and are studies that were a necessary prelude to a systematic work on the philosophy of musical sound, a work that is in preparation. Most important has been the attempt to show the qualitative steps taken from Helmholtz through German and French phenomenology to the beginnings of a dialectic of musical sound.

Sacred Sound

Sacred Sound
Title Sacred Sound PDF eBook
Author Guy L. Beck
Publisher Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Pages 234
Release 2006-07-17
Genre Music
ISBN 0889204217

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"This innovative book explores religion through music - the source of spiritual elation, social cohesion, and empowerment in cultures around the world."--BOOK JACKET.