EMUSIC-L Digest Volume 33, Number 7 This issue's topics: Computer Music bibliography Your EMUSIC-L Digest moderator is Joe McMahon . You may subscribe to EMUSIC-L by sending mail to listserv@american.edu with the line "SUB EMUSIC-L your name" as the text. The EMUSIC-L archive is a service of SunSite (sunsite.unc.edu) at the University of North Carolina. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1991 15:32:41 GMT From: Piet van Oostrum Subject: Computer Music bibliography This is a bibliography on synthesizers, midi, computer and electronic music that I have collected from various sources. I have tried to bring some structure into it, but not all books will fit into a single subject. NOTE: I haven't read these books, and the comments are from other people. On some of them I lost the original commentor's name. Sorry about that. If you have additions or correction to this information, please mail me. >------------------------------ MIDI ------------------------------ Title: Computer music in C / Phil Winsor & Gene DeLisa. Publisher: Blue Ridge Summit, PA : TAB Books (Windcrest label), c1991. Subjects: Computer sound processing. Computer composition. C (Computer program language) Midi programming ISBN: 0-8306-3637-4 (p) : $22.95 It has a C source disk for the PC available for $25. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Mind over MIDI / edited by Dominic Milano ; by the editors of Keyboard magazine. Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Books, c1987. Series Name: The Keyboard magazine basic library Other Series Names: Keyboard synthesizer library. Subjects: MIDI (Standard) Computer sound processing. ISBN: 0-88188-551-7 (pbk.) : $12.95 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: MIDI- und sound-buch zum Atari ST. English Title: MIDI and sound book for the Atari ST / Bernd Enders and Wolfgang Klemme. Publisher: Redwood City, Calif. : M & T Pub., c1989. Subjects: Computer music--Instruction and study. Computer sound processing. MIDI (Standard) Atari ST computers--Programming. ISBN: 1-55851-042-7 : $17.95 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Atari ST Introduction to MIDI Programming Len Dorfman and Dennis Young ISBN 0-916439-77-1 Bantam Books,Inc. 666 5th Avenue New York,New York 10103 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: The MIDI drummer : by a drummer for a drummer-- / by David Crigger. Publisher: Newbury Park, CA : Alexander Pub., c1987. Subjects: Electronic percussion instruments--Instruction and study. MIDI (Standard) >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: MIDI for guitarists / by Bob Ward and Marty Cutler ; Publisher: London ; New York : Amsco Publications ; New York, NY, USA : Exclusive distributors Music Sales Corp., c1988. Subjects: Electric guitar--Instruction and study. MIDI (Standard) ISBN: 0-8256-1126-1 (U.S.) >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: MIDI for musicians / by Craig Anderton. Publisher: New York : Amsco Publications, c1986. Subjects: MIDI (Standard) Computer sound processing. ISBN: 0-8256-1050-8 (pbk.) ISBN: 0-8256-2214-X (pbk. : cover) >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: MIDI guitar : a complete applications directory for the modern guitarist / [by Rey Sanchez ; forward [sic] by Randy Bernsen]. Publisher: Miami, FL : CPP/Belwin, c1988. Subjects: MIDI (Standard) Computer sound processing. Electric guitar. ISBN: 0-89898-544-7 : $15.95 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Midi guitar and synthesis : the basics of guitar synthesis / by Paul Youngblood. Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Pub. Co., c1989. Subjects: MIDI (Standard) Computer sound processing. Electric guitar. ISBN: 0-88188-886-9 : $14.95 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: The MIDI home studio / by Howard Massey. Publisher: London ; New York : Amsco Publications ; New York, NY, USA : Music Sales Corp. [distributor], c1988. ISBN: 0-8256-1127-X (U.S.) >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: The MIDI manual / David Miles Huber. Publisher: Carmel, Ind., USA : Sams, c1991. ISBN: 0-672-22757-6 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: The MIDI programmer's handbook / Steve De Furia and Joe Scacciaferro, Ferro Technologies. Publisher: Redwood City, Calif. : M&T Pub., c1989. ISBN: 1-55851-068-0 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: MIDI programming for the Macintosh / Steve De Furia and Joe Scacciaferro. Publisher: Redwood City, CA : M&T Books, 1988. Subjects: MIDI (Standard) Computer sound processing. Macintosh (Computer)--Programming. ISBN: 1-55851-021-4 : $22.95 ISBN: 1-55851-022-2 (book & disk) : $39.95 ISBN: 1-55851-023-0 (disk) : $20.00 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: MIDI sequencing in C / Jim Conger. Publisher: Redwood City, Calif. : M&T Books, 1989. 501 Galveston Drive Redwood City, CA 94063 Subjects: MIDI (Standard) C (Computer program language) Sequential processing (Computer science) ISBN: 1-55851-045-1 (book) : $24.95 ISBN: 1-55851-047-8 (disk) : $20.00 ISBN: 1-55851-046-X (set) : $39.95 This book shows how to use the basic features of an MPU-401 interface. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: MIDI systems and control / Francis Rumsey. Publisher: London ; Boston : Focal Press, 1990. Subjects: MIDI (Standard) Computer sound processing. ISBN: 0-240-51300-2 : $14.95 (U.S.) >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: MIDI, the ins, outs & thrus / by Jeff Rona ; edited by Ronny S. Schiff. Publisher: Milwaukee, Wis. : H. Leonard Books, c1987. Notes: "A complete guide to the understanding, use, and buying of MIDI instruments"--Cover. Subjects: MIDI (Standard) Computer sound processing. ISBN: 0-88188-560-6 (pbk.) : $12.95 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joseph Rothstein, _MIDI: A Comprehensive Introduction_ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Microsoft Press put out a book on midi programming. I think that this is rather a weak book, but it might serve as an introduction for non-computer folk. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Real Time MIDI performance interfaces Dannenberg, "...computer accompaniment..." ICMC87, ICMC85(??) (maybe "Bloch and Dannenberg", don't have it handy) X. Chabot ?? >------------------------------ SYNTHESIS ------------------------------ Musical Applications of Microprocessors Hal Chamberlin ISBN 0-8104-5773-3 1980, still in print. I have seen two editions: mine from the early 80's, and a hardback that my friend has from the late 80's. His has 68000 assember for an FFT routine. Hayden Book Company, Inc. Hasbrouck Heights, NJ Rochelle Park, NJ This covers analog and digital sound synthesis from an experimenter's perspective, not much math, lots of algorithms and circuits. If you want to solder and program in your garage and make lots of weird sounds, this is the bible. Lots of BASIC programs, but they're very short, just to demonstrate algorithms. It was, after all, written in 1980. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Computer music : synthesis, composition, and performance / Charles Dodge, Thomas A. Jerse. Publisher: New York : Schirmer Books, c1985. Subjects: Computer music--Instruction and study. Computer composition. ISBN: 0-02-873100-X >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Moore, F. Richard. Elements of Computer Music. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1990. $38.00 + $4.00 shipping UPS surface ISBN: 0-13252-552-6 Lots of stuff on software synthesis, and more, all centered around cmusic >------------------------------------------------------------------------ This book is very well "A syntesist's Guide to Acoustic Instruments" Amsco Publications,New York, 1987 author: H.Massey >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Schottstaedt, Bill. "The Simulation of Natural Instrument Tones Using Frequency Modulation with a Complex Modulating Wave." Computer Music Journal 1, 4 (1977): 46-50. also in: Roads, Curtis and John Strawn, ed.The Foundations of Computer Music. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1985. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ J. Chowning "The Synthesis of Complex Audio Spectra by Means of Frequency Modulation" J. Audio Eng. Soc. 21, no. 7 (1973):526-534 [This is the standard reference.] >------------------------------------------------------------------------ J. Chowning and D. Bristow "FM Theory and Applications by Musicians for Musicians" Yamaha Music Foundation, Tokyo, 1986 ISBN 4-636-17482-8 [Could be difficult to find.] >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marc LeBrun "A derivation of the Spectrum of FM with a Complex Modulating Wave." Computer Music Journal Volume 1, Number 4. 1977, pages 51-52. Also in Roads and Strawn, Foundations of Computer Music. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marc LeBrun "Digital Waveshaping Synthesis" Journal of the AES, 27(4), 1979: 250-266 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ J.A. Moorer "The synthesis of Complex Audio Spectra by Means of Discrete Summation Formulae" Music Department, Stanford U., 1975 (Report no. STAN-M-5.) >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chareyron, J. "Digital Synthesis of Self-modifying Waveforms by Means of Linear Automata", Computer Music Journal, Vol 14 No. 4, 1990. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: The synthesizer / John Bates. Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Music Dept., 1988. Series Name: Oxford topics in music Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)--Juvenile literature. Musical instruments, Electronic--Juvenile literature. Computer music--History and criticism--Juvenile literature. Synthesizer (Musical instrument) Musical instruments, Electronic. Computer music--History and criticism. ISBN: 0-19-321337-0 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: The synthesizer and electronic keyboard handbook / David Crombie ; [foreword by Thomas Dolby]. Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1984. Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)--Instruction and study. Electronic keyboard (Synthesizer) ISBN: 0-394-72711-8 (pbk.) : $13.95 ISBN: 0-394-54084-0 : $25.00 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Synthesizer basics / by Dean Friedman. Publisher: New York : Amsco Publications : Exclusive distributor, Music Sales Corp., c1986. Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument) ISBN: 0-8256-2409-6 (pbk.) >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Synthesizer basics / by the editors of Keyboard magazine. Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Pub. Corp., c1984. Series Name: The Keyboard synthesizer library ; v. 1 Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)--Instruction and study. Electronic music--Instruction and study. ISBN: 0-88188-289-5 (pbk.) : $8.95 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Synthesizer basics / edited by Brent Hurtig from the pages of Keyboard magazine. (rev. ed) Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Books, c1988. Series Name: The Keyboard magazine basic library Notes: Cover subtitle: The musician's reference for creating, performing, and recording electronic music. Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)--Instruction and study. Electronic music--Instruction and study. ISBN: 0-88188-714-5 (pbk.) : $12.95 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Synthesizer orchestration : a creative approach for the arranger and synthesist includes cassette recording of musical examples / by Steve Quinzi. Publisher: Miami Fla. : Studio 224, c1987. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Synthesizer programming / edited by Dominic Milano ; by the editors of Keyboard magazine. Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard Books, c1987. Series Name: Keyboard synthesizer library Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument) ISBN: 0-88188-550-9 (pbk.) >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Synthesizer technique / by the editors of Keyboard magazine. Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Books, c1987. Series Name: The Keyboard synthesizer library Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument) ISBN: 0-88188-715-3 (pbk.) : $12.95 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Synthesizermusik und Live-Elektronik : geschichtliche, technologische, kompositorische und padagogische Aspekte der elektronischen Musik / Gunther Batel, Dieter Salbert. Publisher: Wolfenbuttel : Moseler, c1985. Subjects: Electronic music--Instruction and study. Computer music--Instruction and study. Synthesizer (Musical instrument) ISBN: 3-7877-3534-8 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Synthesizers and computers / by the editors of Keyboard magazine. Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Pub. Corp., c1985. Series Name: The Keyboard synthesizer library ; v. 3 Notes: Contributions by Bob Moog and others. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Synthesizers and computers / edited by Brent Hurtig. Publisher: Milwaukee, Wis. : H. Leonard Pub. Corp., c1987. Series Name: Keyboard magazine basic library Subjects: Computer music--Instruction and study. Synthesizer (Musical instrument) MIDI (Standard) ISBN: 0-88188-716-1 (pbk.) : $12.95 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Electronic music: a handbook of sound synthesis & control [by] M. L. Eaton. Publisher: [Kansas City, Mo., ORCUS, 1969] Series Name: ORCUS technical publication, TP-3003 Subjects: Electro-acoustics. Electronic music--Instruction and study. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Electronic music circuits / by Barry Klein. Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : H.W. Sams, c1982. Series Name: Blacksburg continuing education series Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)--Construction. Electronic circuits. ISBN: 0-672-21833-X (pbk.) : $16.95 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Electronic music synthesizers / by Delton T. Horn. Publisher: Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. : Tab Books, c1980. Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument) ISBN: 0-8306-9722-5 : $9.95 ISBN: 0-8306-1167-3 (pbk.) : $5.95 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Electronic music technology / NRI. Publisher: Washington, D.C. : McGraw-Hill Continuing Education Center, c1988. Subjects: Oscillators, Electric--Programmed instruction. Musical instruments, Electronic--Programmed instruction. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Author: Kettelkamp, Larry. Title: Electronic musical instruments : what they do, how they work / Larry Kettelkamp ; foreword by Herbert Deutsch. Publisher: New York : W. Morrow, 1984. Notes: Explains the principles of electronic music, discusses the uses of such electronic instruments as oscillators, synthesizers, electronic organs, and sound processors, and gives advice on performing and recording electronic music. Subjects: Musical instruments, Electronic. Musical instruments, Electronic. Electronic music. ISBN: 0-688-02781-4 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: The Art of electronic music / compiled by Tom Darter ; edited by Greg Armbruster. Publisher: New York : Quill, c1984. Notes: "...Edited from material originally published in Keyboard magazine from 1975 to 1983"--T.p. verso. Subjects: Electronic music--History and criticism. Musical instruments, Electronic. Synthesizer (Musical instrument) Musicians--Interviews. ISBN: 0-688-03106-4 (pbk.) : $15.95 ISBN: 0-688-03105-6 >------------------------------ COMPOSITION ----------------------------- Title: Electronic music composition for beginners / Robert Train Adams. Publisher: Dubuque, Iowa : Wm. C. Brown, c1986. Subjects: Electronic composition. ISBN: 0-697-00457-0 (pbk.) >--------------------------- COMPUTER MUSIC ---------------------------- Languages for Computer Music/Real Time Control Mathews (The Music "N" languages) (No reference handy) Dannenberg et al, "Arctic...", CMJ 10(4) Dannenberg "Canon", CMJ???, "Fugue" ICMC89 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ TITLE: The music machine : selected readings from "Computer music journal" / ed. by Curtis Roads IMPRINT: Cambridge, Masschusetts, [etc.] : MIT Press, 1989 * XIV, 725 p. : ill. ; 26 cm NAMES: Roads, Curtis ISBN: 0-262-18131-2 m >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Informatique et musique : session musicologique de l'International computer music conference organisee par l'equipe ERATTO [a] Paris, IRCAM, 24 octobre 1984 / [textes reunis et presentes par Helene Charnasse] IMPRINT: Ivry-sur-Seine : Elmeratto, 1988 * 145 p. ; 30 cm SERIES: Publications Elmeratto NAMES: Charnasse, Helene * (1984 ; Parijs) ISBN: 2-902671-07-5 m >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUTHOR: Manning, Peter TITLE: Electronic and computer music / [by] Peter Manning EDITION: Repr. IMPRINT: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1988 * VI, 292 p. : ill. ; 22 cm ISBN: 0-19-311923-4 m p * 0-19-311918-8 v >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUTHOR: Davis, Deta S. TITLE: Computer applications in music : a bibliography / [by] Deta S. Davis IMPRINT: Madison, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, 1988 * XVIII, 537 p. ; 24 cm SERIES: The computer music and digital audio series ; vol. 4 ISBN: 0-89579-225-7 $49.95 >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUTHOR: Bartle, Barton K. TITLE: Computer software in music and music education : a guide / by Barton K. Bartle IMPRINT: Metuchen, N.J., [etc.] : Scarecrow Press, 1987 * XIV, 252 p. ; 22 cm ISBN: 0-8108-2056-0 m >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TITLE: Foundations of computer music / ed. by Curtis Roads [and] John Strawn EDITION: 3rd print. IMPRINT: Cambridge, Massachusetts, [etc.] : MIT Press, 1987 * XX, 712 p. ; 23 cm NAMES: Roads, Curtis * Strawn, John ISBN: 0-262-68051-3 m * 0-262-18114-2 v >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Computer music / [ed.-in-chief: Anthony I. Wasserman] IMPRINT: New York : ACM, 1985 * 120 p. : ill. ; 26 cm SERIES: Computing surveys ; vol. 17, nr. 2. 0360-0300 NAMES: Wasserman, Anthony I. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Computer Music Association source book : activities and resources in computer music / compiled and edited by Craig R. Harris and Stephen T. Pope. Publisher: [San Francisco, CA, USA] (P.O. Box 1634, San Francisco 94101-1634) : The Association, c1987. Subjects: Computer Music Association--Directories. Computer music--Directories. Computer music--History and criticism--Bibliography. >------------------------------ MAGAZINES ------------------------------ Title: Electronic musician. Publisher: [Oklahoma City, OK : Polyphony Pub. Co., c1985- Subjects: Electronic music--Periodicals. Previous Title: Polyphony 0163-4534 (DLC)sn 78002183 (OCoLC)4380626 ISSN: 0884-4720 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Keyboard. Publisher: [Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Music Industry Publications] Subjects: Keyboard instruments--Periodicals. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Keyboard. Publisher: [Cupertino, Calif. : GPI Publications], c1981- Publisher: Vol. 7, no. 7 (July 1981)- Previous Title: Contemporary keyboard 0361-5820 (DLC) 76641315 (OCoLC)2246955 ISSN: 0730-0158 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ TITEL: Computer music journal IMPR.: Cambridge, MA ISBN: 0148-9267 >------------------------------ OTHER ------------------------------ C LANGUAGE ALGORITHMS FOR DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING Paul M. Embree and Bruce Kimble Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1991 xvi + 456 pp. + diskette. Price $44.00 The book includes introductory chapters into DSP, programming tips for style and efficiency, chapters on filtering, FFT, image processing. All code in the text is included on the diskette...the reviewer doesn't say what type of disk it is (mac, ibm??). >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Computing in Musicology: A Directory of Research ed. Walter B. Hewlett and Eleanor Selfridge-Field Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities 525 Middlefield Road, Suite 120 Menlo Park, CA 94025 (415) 322-7050 XB.L36@stanford.bitnet >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning In - Microtonality in Electronic Music, Scott R. Wilkinson. 1988. Hal Leonard Books. ISBN 0-88188-633-5. Contents: 1. Music, Mathematics and Microtuning 2. Acoustics and Psychoacoustics 3. The History of Tuning and Temperament 4. Using Tunings 5. Alternate Tunings and Scales 6. Tuning Electronic Instruments Foreword by Wendy Carlos. Bibliography, discography, etc. Includes details on tuning such instruments as DX7, EPS, etc. Hal Leonard Books 8112 W. Bluemound Road Milwaukee, WI 53213 $14.95 120 pgs., illustrated >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Well-Tempered Object Musical Applications of Object-Oriented Software Technology A Structured Anthology on Software Science and Systems based on Articles from Computer Music Journal 1980-89 Compiled and Edited by Stephen Travis Pope (Editor of Computer Music Journal) ISBN 0-262-16126-5, 200 pages, hardcover, US$ 30.00 Available from: MIT Press, 55 Hayward St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 USA Call (617) 625-8569 to order >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - TITLE: The language of electroacoustic music / ed. by Simon Emmerson IMPRINT: Basingstoke [etc.] : MacMillan Press, 1986 * VIII, 231 p. ; 24 cm NAMES: Emmerson, Simon ISBN: 0-333-39759-2 m * 0-333-39760-6 v p >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAAM: MacNally, G. W. TITEL: Digital audio : recursive digital filtering for high quality audio signals / [by] G. W. McNally IMPR.: [S.l.] : Research Department, Engineering Division, The Brithish Broadcasting Corporation, 1981 * IV, 29 p. ; 30 cm >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITEL: Numerical recipes in C : the art of scientific computing / [by] William H. Press, Brian P. Flannery, Saul A. Teukolsky [and] William T. Vetterling IMPR.: Cambridge [etc.] : Cambridge U.P., 1988 * 2 dl. ; 25 cm ISBN: 0-521-35465-X m * 0-521-35746-2 m >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Principles of Digital Audio, by Ken Pohlmann published by Howard Sams >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blesser, Barry and J. Kates. "Digital Processing in Audio Sinals." In A. V. Oppenheim, ed. Applications of Digital Signal Processing. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1978. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Digital Signal Processing Committee of IEEE Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing Society, ed. Programs for Digital Signal Processing. New York: IEEE Press, 1979. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Strawn, John, ed. Digital Audio Signal Processing: An Anthology. Los Altos, CA: W. Kaufmann, 1985. $34.95, ISBN 0-86576-082-9 A-R Editions 801 Deming Way Madison, Wisconsin 53717 608-836-9000 (They accept VISA orders) This title and others in "The Computer Music and Digital Audio Series" are as follows: Curtis Road, ed., _Composers and the Computer_, 201 pages, $27.95, ISBN 0-86576-085-3 John Strawn, ed., _Digital Audio Engineering_, 144 pages, $29.95, ISBN 0-86576-087-X Ken C. Pohlmann, _The Compact Disc: A Handbook of Theory and Use_, 288 pages, $45.95 (cloth) ISBN 0-89579-234-6, $29.95 (paper) ISBN 0-89579-228-1 Forthcoming books: Curtis Roads, _A Computer Music History: Musical Automation from Antiquity to the Computer Age_ David Cope, _Computer Analysis of Musical Style_ Dexter Morrill and Rick Taube, _A Little Book of Computer Music Instruments_ Also Introduction to Computer Music by Wayne A. Bateman from Wiley & Sons is exellent. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ MUSIC, SOUND and TECHNOLOGY by John M. Eargle. (A mini-review) is published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, copyright 1990. Its Library of Congress number is ML3805.E2 1990. MS&T is a fairly technical treatment of the acoustics of musical instruments, almost exlcusively focussing on acoustic instruments that are featured in the modern orchestral format (hence including a lot of unusual jazz instruments and percussion devices). It has fairly little math in it, and requires little or no math background to read, but it does not skimp on the ideas it brings across-- a novice who knew something about music, having read this book carefully, would come away with a better understanding of music and acoustics than many professional sound engineers probably have. (Based on my own experiences in the field, that is.) The style is a trifle dry, but is never so technical as to be unreadable. Examples from the public domain are liberally sprinkled throughout the book, and every chapter ends with a small bibliography and reference list, often including phonorecords. The book weighs in at 290 pages with a reasonably thorough index, and is published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, copyright 1990. Its Library of Congress number is ML3805.E2 1990. I consider it a refreshing change from the constant jabber about whether the Amiga can beat the Mac in the MIDI world or what goes into Differential Loop Modulation in the D-70. It's clear, readable, and has a lot of worthwhile data that can be put to good use by a clever musician, electronic or otherwise. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ The July 1991 issue of _Computer_, (Vol 24, #7, ISSN 0018-9162), published by the IEEE Computer Society, has the title "Computer Generated Music", and a whole bunch of neat articles. >------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also, Coming Fall 1991: _Readings in Computer-Generated Music_ edited by Denis Baggi This new tutorial is a collection of 11 important articles, reprinted from the July 1991 special issue of _Computer_ on computer- generated music, plus a number of important articles omitted due to space limitations. These papers include all the articles from this issue either in their entirety or in an expanded version. A companion CD and audiocassette will also be available for sale. 250 pages, November. 1991, hardbound, catalog No. 2367 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: The Byte book of computer music / edited by Christopher P. Morgan. Publisher: Peterborough, N.H. : Byte Books, c1979. Subjects: Computer music--Instruction and study. Computer composition. ISBN: 0-931718-11-2 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Electronic music / Andy Mackay. Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : Control Data Publishing, 1981. Series Name: The Covent Garden music guides ; No. 2 Subjects: Musical instruments, Electronic. Electronic music--History and criticism. ISBN: 0-89893-504-0 : $19.95 ISBN: 0-89893-302-1 (pbk.) : $10.95 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Electronic music : systems, techniques, and controls / Allen Strange ; forward by Gordon Mumma. Publisher: Dubuque, Iowa : W.C. Brown Co., c1983. Subjects: Electronic music--Instruction and study. Electronic composition. ISBN: 0-697-03602-2 (pbk.) >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Electronic music dictionary : a glossary of the specialized terms relating to the music and sound technology of today / by Bo Tomlyn & Steve Leonard. Publisher: Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A. : H. Leonard Books, c1988. Subjects: Electronic music--Dictionaries. ISBN: 0-88188-904-0 : $5.95 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: The electronic music dictionary / by W.D. Coakley. Publisher: Lantana, Fla. (315 North Lake Drive, Suite 16, Lantana, Florida 33462) : W.D. Coakley, c1988. Subjects: Electronic music--Dictionaries. >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Electronic music production / by Alan Douglas. Publisher: Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. : Tab Books, c1982. Subjects: Musical instruments, Electronic. Electronic music--History and criticism. ISBN: 0-8306-1418-4 (pbk.) : $7.95 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: The electronic musician's dictionary / Craig Anderton. Publisher: New York : Amsco Publications : Exclusive distributors Music Sales Corp., c1988. Subjects: Electronic music--Dictionaries. ISBN: 0-8256-1125-3 >------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Multi-track recording / edited by Dominic Milano from the pages of Keyboard magazine. Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Books, c1988. Series Name: The Keyboard magazine basic library Subjects: Sound--Recording and reproducing. Other Series Names: Keyboard synthesizer library. ISBN: 0-88188-552-5 (pbk.) : $12.95 >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITEL: Electronic music reports / Institute of Sonology at Utrecht State University IMPR.: Utrecht -- Piet* van Oostrum, Dept of Computer Science, Utrecht University, Padualaan 14, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands. Telephone: +31 30 531806 Uucp: uunet!mcsun!ruuinf!piet Telefax: +31 30 513791 Internet: piet@cs.ruu.nl (*`Pete') ------------------------------ End of the EMUSIC-L Digest ******************************