Protentions and Retentions of Xenakis and Cage: Nonhuman Actors, Genre and Time in Microsound.

This article takes an actor-network theory approach to the elusive genre of microsound. The aim is twofold: to demonstrate what ANT's sociology of associations can offer to the study of music, and to consider what aspects would need to be rethought in order for ANT to represent a credible approach t...

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Publicado en:Contemporary Music Review Vol. 37; no. 5/6; pp. 606 - 626
Autor principal: Haworth, Christopher
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct-Dec2018
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