The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment & the Tuning of the World
The soundscape—a term coined by the author—is our sonic environment, the ever-present array of noises with which we all live. Beginning with the primordial sounds of nature, we have experienced an ever-increasing complexity of our sonic surroundings. As civilization develops, new noises rise up around us: from the creaking wheel, the clang of the blacksmith’s hammer, and the distant chugging of steam trains to the “sound imperialism” of airports, city streets, and factories. The author...
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Schafer contends that we suffer from an overabundance of acoustic information and explores ways to restore our ability to hear the nuances of sounds around us. This book is a pioneering exploration of our acoustic environment, past and present, and an attempt to imagine what it might become. New York Times ... an unusual sensory experience that will raise your consciousness of the soundscape to a level of sensitivity you never experienced before...
Preface\ Introduction\ Part One: First Soundscapes\ One: The Natural Soundscape\ Two: The Sounds of Life\ Three: The Rural Soundscape\ Four: From Town to City\ Part Two: The Post-Industrial Soundscape\ Five: The Industrial Revolution\ Six: The Electric Revolution\ Interlude\ Seven: Music, the Soundscape and Changing Perceptions\ Part Three: Analysis\ Eight: Notation\ Nine: Classification\ Ten: Perception\ Eleven: Morphology
\ The New York Times" . . . an unusual sensory experience that will raise your consciousness of the soundscape to a level of sensitivity you never experienced before."\ \ \ \ \ From the Publisher\ " . . . an unusual sensory experience that will raise your consciousness of the soundscape to a level of sensitivity you never experienced before."\ \ \ New York Times... an unusual sensory experience that will raise your consciousness of the soundscape to a level of sensitivity you never experienced before...\ \ \ \ \ Whole EarthThe Soundscape widens the sense of what music can be, including acoustic design as well as activism to protect the fragile soundscapes of our increasingly noisy Earth. The single most essential volume in this field.\ —Spring 1998\ \
