Speech, Music, Sound presents an entirely original approach to the theory of sound. Drawing on a wide range of phonetic, linguistic, pragmatic, semiotic, and mu

An easy to understand text on basic acoustics and speech. Some basic physics, but basically written to a general college audience. Can be used for music majors,

In this examination of the relation of thought to sound, David Burrows offers the thesis that sound has played a liberating role in human evolution.

This book reports on an outstanding thesis that has significantly advanced the state-of-the-art in the automated analysis and classification of speech and music