Oxford Handbook of Computer Music

<em>The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music</em> offers a state-of-the-art cross-section of the most field-defining topics and debates in computer music today. A unique contribution to the field it situates computer music in the broad context of its creation and performance across the range of issues - from music cognition to pedagogy to sociocultural topics - that shape contemporary discourse in the field. <p/>Fifty years after musical tones were produced on a computer for the first time developments in laptop computing have brought computer music within reach of all listeners and composers. Production and distribution of computer music have grown tremendously as a result and the time is right for this survey of computer music in its cultural contexts. An impressive and international array of music creators and academics discuss computer music's history present and future with a wide perspective including composition improvisation interactive performance spatialization sound synthesis sonification and modeling. Throughout they merge practice with theory to offer a fascinating look into computer music's possibilities and enduring appeal.<br>