Sound & Music, Some References

SOUND & MUSIC, SOME REFERENCES

Y. Ando, Concert Hall Acoustics (Springer, Berlin 1985) - technical. NA2800.A5 J. Askill, Physics of Musical Sounds (Van Nostrand, New York, 1979)-on level for course. ∗J. Backus, The Acoustical Foundations of Music (Norton, New York, 1977). ML3805.B126, excellent book, though somewhat old. A.H. Benade, Horns, Strings, and Harmony (Anchor, Doubleday, New York, 1960). ML3805.B456, small compact clear book A.H. Benade, Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics (Oxford Press, New York, 1976). Somewhat higher level. ML3805.B456 P9 ∗R.E. Berg and D.G. Stork, The Physics of Sound, second edition (Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1995) - a good textbook. QC225.15.B47 W.F. Boyce, Hi-Fi Stereo Handbook (Sams, Indianapolis, 1972) - technical, but readable. TK7881.7.B6 M. Campbell and C. Greated, The Musicians Guide to Acoustics (Schirmer, New York, 1987). ML3805.C24 1987, geared to non-mathematical public N.H. Fletcher and T.D. Rossing, The Physics of Musical Instruments (Springer, New York, 1991) - very mathematical ∗D.E. Hall, Music, Acoustics and Physics (Brooks, Cole 1991) ML3805.H153, on level of course. H. Helmholtz, On the Sensations of Tone (Dover, New York, 1954) - an old detailed classic. ML3820.H479.L51 C.M. Hutchins, The Physics of Music (Freeman, San Francisco, 1978) - selected readings from the Scientific American - recommended reading on a reasonable level. ML3805.P578 J. Jeans, Science of Music (Dover, New York, 1968). ML3805.J43, an older text, readable K.W. Johnson and W.C. Walker, The Science of Hi-Fidelity (Kendall/Hunt, Dubuque, Iowa, 1977) TK7881.7.J63, specialized but readable Johnston, Ian, Measured Tones (Hilger, Bristol, Philadelphia, 1988) ML 3805 J63 1989, an enjoyable and readable book, on course level J.J. Josephs, The Physics of Musical Sound (Van Nostrand - Reinhold, New York, 1967). ML3807.J835, an older book, on course level S. Levarie and E. Levy, Tone - A Study in Musical Acoustics, 2d ed. 1980. Bobst has 1st ed. ML3807.L655, readable, geared to musicians M.J. Moravcsik, Musical Sound (Paragon, New York, 1987). ML3805.M65, on course level, geared to musicians H.F. Olson, Music, Physics and Engineering (Dover, New York, 1967). - technical. ML3807.J835, has much useful information, particularly if you want to go a bit more deeply into some aspects. H.F. Olson, Modern Sound Reproduction (Van Nostrand - Reinhold, New York, 1972) - technical. TK7881.4.045, similar comment as for previous Olson book. J.R. Pierce, The Science of Musical Sound (Scientific American Books, New York, 1983) ML3807.P5, an inter- esting, somewhat sophisticated book, but not beyond your reach! ∗J.S. Rigden, Physics and the Sound of Music (Wiley, New York, 1977). ML3805.R567. A text on the level of this course. J.G. Roederer, Introduction to the Physics and Psychophysics of Music (Springer, New York, 1975). ML3805.R7 Third edition, ML3805.R712 1995, an excellent, though concise presentation of the physics. ∗T.D. Rossing, The Science of Sound (Addison Wesley, Reading, 1982); 2d ed., 1990. QC225.15.R67, a bit above course level, but fairly complete. T.D. Rossing, F.R. Moore, P.A. Wheeler, The Science of Sound (3d edition) (Addison-Wesley, 2002) QC225.15.R67, See previous comments. This book is even a bit more technical and has received somewhat negative student comments. R.E. Runstein, Modern Recording Techniques (Sams, Indianapolis, 1974) - technical, but readable. TK7881.6.R79 J. Sundberg, The Science of the Singing Voice (Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, 1987) MT821.S913, for the specialists J. Sundberg, The Science of Musical Sounds (Academic NY 1991), ML3807.S95 1991 O.G. Symko, Physics of Hi-Fi (Kendall/Hunt, Dubuque, Iowa, 1995) - Analog to digital, specialized C.A. Taylor, The Physics of Musical Sounds (English Universities Press, London 1973) - excellent, but a sophisticated mathematical treatment. ML3807.T239.P5, excellent, a bit too high level for this course, but worth looking at C.A. Taylor, Exploring Music - The Science and Technology of Tones and Tunes (Institute of Physics, Bristol, 1992) ML3805.T225 - nice experiment descriptions ∗H.E. White and D.H. White, Physics and Music (Saunders College, Philadelphia, 1980) ISBN 9780030452468, was used as text a few times, but somewhat old F. Winckel, Music, Sound and Sensation (Dover, New York, 1967) - an update of Helmholtz. ML3805.W55 A. Wood, The Physics of Music (Chapman and Hall, London, 1975) ML3805.W873, good older basic book http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/sound/soundtoc.html (called The Physics Classroom, and is a high school tutorial with basic explanations and animations) ∗∗http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html (will take you to various physics courses) ∗∗http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/sound/p2030.html (will take you to a great course: Hyperphysics at Georgia State, Physics 2030K: Physics of Music and Speech) Google: Acoustics active calendar Carl R. Nave, Georgia State