Composing Electronic Music
Curtis Roads · Oxford University Press eBooks · 2015
Abstract Electronic music evokes new sensations, feelings, and thoughts in both composers and listeners. This book outlines a new theory of composition based on the toolkit of electronic music techniques. The theory consists of a framework of concepts and a vocabulary of terms describing musical materials, their transformation, and their organization. Central to this discourse is the notion of narrative structure in composition—how sounds are born, interact, transform, and die. This text is a guidebook: a tour of facts, history, commentary, opinions, and pointers to interesting ideas and new possibilities to consider and explore.