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Ubiquitous Music

  • First book dedicated to this topic
  • Adopts a socially grounded view of creative practice
  • Explains both cutting-edge art and theoretical knowledge

Part of the book series: Computational Music Science (CMS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
  2. Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Ubimus Through the Lens of Creativity Theories

      • Damián Keller, Victor Lazzarini, Marcelo S. Pimenta
      Pages 3-23
    3. Methods in Creativity-Centred Design for Ubiquitous Musical Activities

      • Marcelo S. Pimenta, Damián Keller, Luciano V. Flores, Maria Helena de Lima, Victor Lazzarini
      Pages 25-48
  3. Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
    2. Making Meaningful Musical Experiences Accessible Using the iPad

      • Andrew R. Brown, Donald Stewart, Amber Hansen, Alanna Stewart
      Pages 65-81
    3. Analogue Audio Recording Using Remote Servers

      • Lucas Fialho Zawacki, Marcelo de Oliveira Johann
      Pages 83-107
  4. Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
    2. Development Tools for Ubiquitous Music on the World Wide Web

      • Victor Lazzarini, Edward Costello, Steven Yi, John ffitch
      Pages 111-128
    3. Ubiquitous Music Ecosystems: Faust Programs in Csound

      • Victor Lazzarini, Damián Keller, Marcelo Pimenta, Joseph Timoney
      Pages 129-150
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 151-153

About this book

This is the first monograph dedicated to this interdisciplinary research area, combining the views of music, computer science, education, creativity studies, psychology, and engineering. The contributions include introductions to ubiquitous music research, featuring theory, applications, and technological development, and descriptions of permanent community initiatives such as virtual forums, multi-institutional research projects, and collaborative publications.

 

The book will be of value to researchers and educators in all domains engaged with creativity, computing, music, and digital arts.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Núcl Amaz. de Pesquisa Musical (NAP), Universidade Federal do Acre (UFAC), Rio Branco, Brazil

    Damián Keller

  • Dept. of Music, Natl Univ of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM), Co. Kildare, Ireland

    Victor Lazzarini

  • Institute of Informatics, Fed Univ of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Marcelo S. Pimenta

About the editors

Dr. Damián Keller received his DMA from Stanford University in 2004. He teaches music and computing at the Federal University of Acre (UFAC) in Brazil. He is a member and cofounder of the Ubiquitous Music Group (g-ubimus) and his research focuses on everyday creativity, software design and ecocomposition within the context of ubiquitous music making.

Dr. Victor Lazzarini received his Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham, where he was received the Heyman scholarship for research progress and the Hallward composition prize. He leads the Sound and Digital Music Research Group in the School of Music at NUI Maynooth (Ireland). His interests include musical signal processing and sound synthesis, computer music languages, and electroacoustic and instrumental composition.

Dr. Marcelo S. Pimenta received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Université Toulouse 1 in 1997. He is an associate professor in the Institute of Informatics (INF) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre. His research interests include adaptive interfaces, networked music, ubiquitous music, synergistic modeling, human aspects of software development, user-centered software engineering, and new forms of governance and the delivery of public services with the support of information technologies.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ubiquitous Music

  • Editors: Damián Keller, Victor Lazzarini, Marcelo S. Pimenta

  • Series Title: Computational Music Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11152-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-11151-3Published: 09 December 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36500-8Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-11152-0Published: 27 November 2014

  • Series ISSN: 1868-0305

  • Series E-ISSN: 1868-0313

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVIII, 153

  • Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities, Music, Mathematics in Music

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 39.99
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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