A Sound Word Almanac

Professor Bernd Herzogenrath

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA
08 February 2024

Theory of music & musicology; World music; Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs; Media studies

"This almanac of sound words important to artists and scholars highlights words that expand the way we speak (and write) about sonic experiences.

Why write about sound, and how? If sonic philosophy is the attempt ""to think about sound by philosophical means,"" then a metaphilosophical debate appears almost immediately on the horizon: What is called for is an understanding about sound and language, but also about the preconditions of musical understanding. What is at stake is the question of language and sound, as well as expanding how we speak about sonic experience.

This almanac tackles these questions from artistic, experimental and personal perspectives. An assemblage of nearly 70 practitioners and theoreticians, artists and scholars offer their favorite ‘sound word.’ These sound words are onomatopoetical, mythological, practical; words of personal importance to the artists and their craft; words from their memory, related to sound. Many entries are not in English – some are untranslatable – and all are accompanied by a personal, explanatory, poetic entry. These are words that have the potential to change our perspective on listening-musicking-thinking."

Edited by: Professor Bernd Herzogenrath
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9798765109052
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 08 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bernd Herzogenrath is Professor of American literature and culture at Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He is the author of An Art of Desire: Reading Paul Auster (1999) and An American Body|Politic: A Deleuzian Approach (2010) and editor of The Farthest Place: The Music of John Luther Adams (2012) and Deleuze|Guattari & Ecology (2009). His latest publications include the collections The Films of Bill Morrison. Aesthetics of the Archive (2017), Film as Philosophy (2017), and Practical Aesthetics (Bloomsbury, 2020).

Reviews for A Sound Word Almanac

Delving into the intricate relationships between language, sound, and our capacity to verbalize sonic experiences, A Sound Word Almanac invites readers into a vibrant exploration of auditory terminology, affording a fresh perspective on sound. Transcending the confines of conventional lexicons, this almanac embarks on an original linguistic expedition, offering a recollection of rare, unfamiliar, and largely unknown words. Emphasizing artistic, experimental, and personal perspectives from different languages and cultural spaces, this book is both original and unique, creating a whole new research field. Like a terminological colourful kaleidoscope, A Sound Word Almanac is a great read that will revamp your relationship with sound and sonic events. * Paulo de Assis, pianist, experimental performer, and Principal Investigator, Orpheus Institute, Belgium *