The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments - Hardcover

Loughridge, Deirdre; Patteson, Thomas

 
9781836391852: The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1836391854 ISBN 13: 9781836391852
Verlag: Reaktion Books, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

Imagined instruments reveal how we shape music--and how music shapes us.

The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments is a guided tour through centuries of instruments that never existed. From ancient myths to futuristic media, these imagined devices appear in literature, theory, video games, and art, at times echoing real instruments, other times pushing far beyond the bounds of technology. This book presents a wide-ranging collection of such creations, showing how they reflect changing ideas about sound, invention, and the limits of the possible. At once a cultural history and a study of creative thought, it uncovers unexpected links between music, design, and the human urge to make meaning through sound. These are not just fictional artifacts; they are windows into what music might mean, even when it cannot be played.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Deirdre Loughridge is professor of music at Northeastern University, Boston. Her previous books include Sounding Human: Music and Machines, 1740/2020.

Thomas Patteson is a teacher, writer, and musician based in Philadelphia. He is the author of Instruments for New Music and cofounder of People's Music Supply.

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Verlag
Reaktion Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2026
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1836391854
ISBN 13 
9781836391852
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
200
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