{"product_id":"the-composers-black-box-making-music-in-cybernetic-america-volume-7-9780520410206","title":"The Composer's Black Box: Making Music in Cybernetic America Volume 7","description":"\u003cp\u003e Stories about new musical instruments are often told as quests for new kinds of sounds. \u003ci\u003eThe Composer's Black Box\u003c\/i\u003e asks, What happens when new musical instruments produce not only new sounds but also new dynamics of musical agency and control? And what consequences do those new dynamics have for musicality beyond sound? With a focus on five key figures--Morton Subotnick, Pauline Oliveros, Donald Buchla, Alvin Lucier, and Sun Ra--this book explores how scientific and technological developments in mid-twentieth-century America galvanized musicians to reconfigure their conceptions of sociality, freedom, and the creative self. Theodore Gordon shows how cybernetic thinking in a range of disciplines, from experimental music to jazz and electrical engineering, has shaped musical techniques and technologies and changed what it means to be a composer--or, more broadly, a music-making human--in an increasingly informational world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Theodore Gordon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.98w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520410206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheodore Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Music at Baruch College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Theodore Gordon \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47629502120093,"sku":"9780520410206","price":71.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_b73e1df7-af02-4405-b599-1e812bd9a789.jpg?v=1770190393","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-composers-black-box-making-music-in-cybernetic-america-volume-7-9780520410206","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}