WEEKS 1-3 THE NOISE

Music has always inhabited the space between nature and technology; intuition and artifice. It is said to be rooted in the heartbeat and the voice, but it is no less bound up with the history of the machine.

- “Music in the Age of Electronic (Re)production,” p. 113

Weeks 1-3 (8/22, 24, 29, 31, 9/5, 7)
Negotiated Sound Spaces: Part 1 Noise

1Tues: Introduction
1Thurs: Sound Survey (Do in class)

2 Tues: Jacques Attali (1), Luigi/Antonio Russolo (2), Edgard Varese (4)
2Thurs: Listening Exercise – Field Writing on Noise (Essay 1)

3Tues: Henry Cowell (5), John Cage (6), Russo/Warner (9), Simon Reynolds (10) & other noisy proponents
3Thurs: Hearing is Believing (W), Audio Perception (5), Hearing & Perception - and ear physics; Show/Listen1

10-Day Journal: daily entries of sound observations must
be completed by Week 3. Write legibly.

Josh’s Corner: 10-15 minutes per class of music listening;
if you wish to bring in music, talk to Josh.

Text Readings
1. Chapter 1: “Noise and Politics” by Jacques Attali, p. 7
Also see: Attali Interview at http://www.sinologic.com/newmusic/sub/attali.html
2. Chapter 2: “The Art of Noises: Futurist Manifesto” by Luigi Russolo, p. 10
3.Chapter 4: “The Liberation of Sound” by Edgard Varese, p. 17
4. Chapter 5: “The Joys of Noise” by Henry Cowell, p. 22
5. Chapter 6: “The Future of Music; Credo” by John Cage, p. 25
6. Chapter 9: “Rough Music, Futurism, and Postpunk Industrial Noise Bands” by Mary Russo and Daniel Warner, p. 47
7. Chapter 10: “Noise” by Simon Reynolds, p. 55

Web Readings
8. Hearing is believingwww.kent.ac.uk/sdfva/sound-journal/thorn981.html
9. Audio Perception and Sound
http://www.kent.ac.uk/sdfva/sound-journal/forrester001.html
10. Hearing and Perception
http://arts.ucsc.edu/ems/music/tech_background/TE-03/teces_03.html

In Class Listening:
1. radio art/deep wireless
http://www.soundtravels.ca/
2. John Cage
http://www.hearingvoices.com/cage.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/profiles/cage.shtml
http://interglacial.com/~sburke/stuff/cage_433.html
3. Dada Movement - Luigi Russolo, Art of Noise (Futurist Manifestos)
http://www.ubu.com/sound/dada.html

Additional Readings
1. The Futurist Manifesto, F. T. Marinetti, 1909
http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/T4PM/futurist-manifesto.html

2. Futurism
http://www.unknown.nu/futurism/

3. Luigi Russolo’s Art of Noises
http://www.unknown.nu/futurism/noises.html

2. Book of Noise
http://www.lhh.org/hrq/24-1/book.htm

3. Attali Interview
http://www.sinologic.com/newmusic/sub/attali.html

4. Ferruccio Busoni
http://csunix1.lvc.edu/~snyder/em/busoni.html

5. Edgard Varese
http://csunix1.lvc.edu/~snyder/em/varese.html

6. Frank Zappa on Edgard Varese
http://csunix1.lvc.edu/~snyder/em/zappa.html

7. International Bioacoustics Council (IBAC)
http://www.ibac.info/links.html

8. Information Transfer in Noisy Channels (Penguins)
http://www.cb.u-psud.fr/page6.html

9. Hearing is believing
www.kent.ac.uk/sdfva/sound-journal/thorn981.html

10. Audio Perception and Sound
http://www.kent.ac.uk/sdfva/sound-journal/forrester001.html

11. Hearing and Perception
http://arts.ucsc.edu/ems/music/tech_background/TE-03/teces_03.html

Related Web Sites
1. Sound Terminology
http://www.zakros.com/mica/soundart/f02/glossary.html

2. Edison –Phonograph Invention
http://www.tinfoil.com/edison.htm

3. Two Essays: 10 hours of Sound from
(1) France (Listen)
(2) Australia - Variable Resistance; Jacques Attaili
http://crossfade.walkerart.org/

4. Luigi Russolo
http://www.zakros.com/mica/soundart/f02/futurist.html
http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/machines/futurist/
Also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Russolo

5. David Tudor Interview (John Cage)
http://www.emf.org/tudor/Articles/hultberg.html
Listening - Rainforest

6. City Noise Report
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/970513/citynoisereport/

7. Cities crack down on noise
http://www.acousticecology.org/urban.html

8. Military Use of Silent Sound
http://www.raven1.net/silsoun2.htm

9. Ultra Sound Physics (PPT)
http://www.sci.port.ac.uk/MH/

10. Subliminal Recorder
http://subliminalrecorder.com/