Title Page Page: iii Copyright Page Page: iv Contents Page: v Contributors Page: ix 1. Introduction: The Many Futures of Computer Music Page: 3 Part I. Some Histories of Computer Music and Its Technologies Page: 9 2. A Historical View of Computer Music Technology Page: 11 3. Early Hardware and Early Ideas in Computer Music: Their Development and Their Current Forms Page: 44 4. Sound Synthesis Using Computers Page: 85 Part II. The Music Page: 107 5. Computational Approaches to Composition of Notated Instrumental Music: Xenakis and the Other Pioneers Page: 109 6. Envisaging Improvisation in Future Computer Music Page: 133 Sounding Out Page: 149 7. Computer Music: Some Reflections Page: 151 8. Some Notes on My Electronic Improvisation Practice Page: 161 9. Combining the Acoustic and the Digital: Music for Instruments and Computers or Prerecorded Sound Page: 167 Part III. Creative and Performance Modes Page: 189 10. Dancing the Music: Interactive Dance and Music Page: 191 11. Gesture and Morphology in Laptop Music Performance Page: 214 12. Sensor-Based Musical Instruments and Interactive Music Page: 233 13. Spatialization and Computer Music Page: 258 14. The Voice in Computer Music and Its Relationship to Place, Identity, and Community Page: 274 15. Algorithmic Synesthesia Page: 294 16. An Introduction to Data Sonification Page: 312 17. Electronica Page: 334 18. Generative Algorithms for Making Music: Emergence, Evolution, and Ecosystems Page: 354 Part IV. Cognition and Computation of Computer Music Page: 381 19. Computational Modeling of Music Cognition and Musical Creativity Page: 383 20. Soundspotting: A New Kind of Process? Page: 421 Sounding Out Page: 455 21. Interactivity and Improvisation Page: 457 22. From Outside the Window: Electronic Sound Performance Page: 467 23. Empirical Studies of Computer Sound Page: 473 Part V. Cultural and Educational Issues Page: 491 24. Toward the Gender Ideal Page: 493 25. Sound-Based Music 4 All Page: 518 26. Framing Learning Perspectives in Computer Music Education Page: 536 Appendix: A Chronology of Computer Music and Related Events Page: 557 Index Page: 585