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Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music

This anthology gathers essays and manifestos that examine music and sound in the modern age. Its selections come from composers, artists, critics and theorists who have wrestled with new technologies, recording, electronic instruments and the changing ways people listen. Pieces range from reflections on noise and silence to experiments with tape and recorded sound.

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Read together, they trace how sound became both an object of study and a medium for art, offering a wide-ranging map of ideas for anyone curious about the sonic world.

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