Sinister resonance : the mediumship of the listener / David Toop.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Continuum, 2010.Description: xv, 256 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 1441149724
- 9781441149725
- 786.7 TRO
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This is a philosophical work from one of the world's most erudit, intellectual, and influential thinkers and writers about sound and music. The book argues that sound can be identified as a hidden history of otherwise silent media.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prelude : distant music -- Aerial : notes toward a history of listening. Drowned by voices ; Each echoing opening, each muffled closure ; Dark senses ; Writhing sigla ; The jagged dog -- Vessels and volumes. Act of silence ; Art of silence ; A conversation piece -- Spectral. Chair creaks, but no one sits there -- Interior resonance. Snow falling on snow -- Coda : distant music.