Earshot by Bruce Johnson

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Earshot: Perspectives on Sound awakens an understanding of the decisive role that sound has played in history and culture with the primary focus being the changing status of sound and hearing in Western culture over the last six hundred years, covering the transition from the medieval period to the contemporary world.

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Earshot by Bruce Johnson

Earshot: Perspectives on Sound awakens an understanding of the decisive role that sound has played in history and culture with the primary focus being the changing status of sound and hearing in Western culture over the last six hundred years, covering the transition from the medieval period to the contemporary world.

Bruce Johnson was formerly a professor of English, and now holds honorary professorships in a range of disciplines including Music, Cultural History and Communications at Glasgow, Turku and University of Technology Sydney. Co-founder of Finland’s International Institute for Popular Culture, his academic publications number several hundred, including over a dozen books, mainly on jazz, sound studies and film music. He has also acted as a government advisor on arts policy and is an active jazz musician.

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ISBN 13 9780367487430
ISBN 10 0367487438
Title Earshot
Author Bruce Johnson
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2023-04-14
Number of pages 204
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