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New instruments, new control: how tech changed music forever.
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The Composer's Black Box
making music in cybernetic america
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274 pages
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2 December 2025
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Summary
The Composer’s Black Box: Redefining Music in the Age of Technology
Stories about new musical instruments often focus on the pursuit of novel sounds. The Composer’s Black Box takes a different approach, exploring what happens when these instruments introduce new dynamics of musical agency and control. How do these dynamics reshape musicality beyond just sound?
This book centers on five influential figures—Morton Subotnick, Pauline Oliveros, Donald Buchla, Alvin Luci…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520410183 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0520410181 |
| Series: | California Studies in Music, Sound, and Media |
| Author: | Theodore Gordon |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 274 |
| Release Date: | 2 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Theodore Gordon
Theodore Gordon is Assistant Professor of Music at Baruch College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York.
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