One of the twentieth century''s most important musical thinkers, James Tenney did pioneering work in multiple fields, including computer music, tuning theory, and algorithmic and computer-assisted composition. From Scratch arranges, edits, and revises Tenney''s hard-to-find writings into one indispensable collection.

Selections focus on his fundamental concerns—"what the ear hears"—and include thoughts and ideas on perception and form, tuning systems and especially just intonation, information theory, theories of harmonic space, and stochastic (chance) procedures of composition.


Format Häftad Omfång 504 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag University of Illinois Press Utgivningsdatum 2019-02-16 ISBN 9780252084379