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Sound unseen : acousmatic sound in theory and practice / Brian Kane.

By: Kane, Brian, 1973- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: 336 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780190632212 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Music -- Acoustics and physics | Musique concrete -- History and criticism | Music -- Philosophy and aestheticsDDC classification: 781.2'3 Summary: 'Sound Unseen' explores the phenomenon of acousmatic sound - a sound that one hears without seeing its source - and presents a powerful argument for the central yet overlooked role of acousmatic sound in music aesthetics, sound studies, literature, philosophy, and the history of the senses.

Originally published: 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Sound Unseen' explores the phenomenon of acousmatic sound - a sound that one hears without seeing its source - and presents a powerful argument for the central yet overlooked role of acousmatic sound in music aesthetics, sound studies, literature, philosophy, and the history of the senses.

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