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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ross BrownPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Red Globe Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.571kg ISBN: 9780230551879ISBN 10: 0230551874 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 30 November 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print ![]() Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface Introduction: The Theatre of Sound PART I: DRAMATURGICALLY ORGANISED NOISE Defining Theatre Sound Design What the Textbooks Say The Pre-History of Sound Design Alternative Takes Five Sound Designers in their Own Words PART II: THEATRICALLY ORGANISED HEARING Problems with Sound as Scenography Live Listening: The Aural Phenomenology of Theatre Resounding Theatres Alternative Realities John Levack Drever on Sound Effect-Object-Event Conclusion Bibliography.Reviews'Ross Brown approaches 'a reader' in a refreshing and engaging way - he provides a compelling narrative and argument, interspersing and amplifying them with extracts from aa range of key texts.' - Norie Neumark, Senses & Society 'There is no other book that considers equally and inseparably the theory, philosophy and practice of stage sound. A rigorously controlled piece of research of great originality and of terrific significance to the discipline.' - Chris Baugh, Professor of Performance and Technology, University of Leeds, UK 'A valuable assemblage of historical perspectives and current issues in Sound Design and perception...provocative in many ways.' - David Budries, Freelance Sound Designer; Professor of Sound Design, Yale University, USA 'There is no other book that considers equally and inseparably the theory, philosophy and practice of stage sound. A rigorously controlled piece of research of great originality and of terrific significance to the discipline.' - Chris Baugh, Professor of Performance and Technology, University of Leeds, UK 'A valuable assemblage of historical perspectives and current issues in Sound Design and perception!.provocative in many ways.' - David Budries, Freelance Sound Designer; Professor of Sound Design, Yale University, USA Author InformationROSS BROWN is Dean of Studies and Reader in Sound at the Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK. He is Convenor of the International Theatre Sound Colloquium His professional career as a theatre composer, musician and sound designer includes productions for BBC Radio Drama, Shared Experience, RSC, The Almeida, BAC, The Gate, The Royal Court, The Shadow Syndicate, Glasgow Citizens', Lancaster Duke's, Derby Playhouse, Red Shift and many other prestigious companies in the commercial and subsidised sectors. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |