The ethnography of a computer music research institute : modernism, post modernism, and new technology in contemporary music culture

The thesis is a socio-cultural study of IRCAM, a large, state-funded computer music research institute in Paris directed by the avant garde composer Pierre Boulez. The approach is primarily ethnographic, supported by broader historical analysis. The aim is to provide a critical portrait of musical m...

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Main Author: Born, Georgina Emma Mary
Published: University College London (University of London) 1989
Subjects:
301
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.362896