MUSIC AT HAND (Oxford Studies in Music Theory)($77.66Value)

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Music at Hand shows how sound, action, and perception are connected in instrumental performance, asking how this integration affects listening, improvisation, and composition. Traversing disciplinary boundaries and diverse musical styles, this innovative book analyzes forms of musical experience that are both embodied and conditioned by technology. "In all, this is a fascinating, provocative book from a curious author." --B. J. Murray, Miami University, Choice " Music at Hand makes an important and timely contribution to the broader intellectual project of consilience in music studies, showing vividly what we stand to gain by listening across the epistemological gap to the burgeoning sciences of the mind." -- Journal of the American Musicological Society "De Souza's eye-, ear-, and finger-opening Music at Hand shows us the way into this world of human-machine interdependency. Once we have absorbed its many fruitful lessons, there will be not the faintest whiff of paradox when we declare that we hear with our hands." -- Journal of Music Theory "In all, this is a fascinating, provocative book from a curious author." --B. J. Murray, Miami University, Choice " Music at Hand makes an important and timely contribution to the broader intellectual project of consilience in music studies, showing vividly what we stand to gain by listening across the epistemological gap to the burgeoning sciences of the mind." -- Journal of the American Musicological Society "De Souza's eye-, ear-, and finger-opening Music at Hand shows us the way into this world of human-machine interdependency. Once we have absorbed its many fruitful lessons, there will be not the faintest whiff of paradox when we declare that we hear with our hands." -- Journal of Music Theory Jonathan De Souza is an assistant professor in the Don Wright Faculty of Music at the University of Western Ontario. He holds a Ph.D. in music theory and history from the University of Chicago. De Souza is also an active multi-instrumentalist, playing classical music, folk music, and jazz. Jonathan De Souza is an assistant professor in the Don Wright Faculty of Music at the University of Western Ontario. He holds a Ph.D. in music theory and history from the University of Chicago. De Souza is also an active multi-instrumentalist, playing classical music, folk music, and jazz.