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Discovering and Composing with Logos

J. Campion, “Discovering and Composing with Logos”. 2020.

Discovering and Composing with Logos

by John Campion

Text insists on bringing its high-mindedness into the daily grind of the social, political, topological—

the conscious. Divested of its music and image, poetry is an exploration of the logos oriented towards

the whatness of things—held by the four-corned architecture and holding a mirror to a lived-in world.

Often understood to be without logos and operating outside these rude concerns, the art of music is

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Microstructures of Feel, Macrostructures of Sound:
Embodied Cognition in West African and African-American Musics
Vijay S. Iyer

B.S. (Yale University) 1992
M.A. (University of California, Berkeley) 1994

A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the
requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
Technology and the Arts

in the
GRADUATE DIVISION
of the
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

Committee in charge:
Professor David Wessel, Chair
Professor Olly Wilson
Professor Ervin Hafter
Professor George Lewis
Professor Donald Glaser

Fall 1998

Microstructures of Feel, Macrostructures of Sound:
Embodied Cognition in West African
and African-American Musics

© 1998
by
Vijay S. Iyer

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List of Audio Examples

A compact disc containing the audio examples cited throughout the text is available at the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT), 1750 Arch Street, Berkeley, CA 94720, (510) 643-9990 x 300. However, the text is understandable without this supplementary material. All musical selections are small excerpts from original recordings, unless otherwise indicated. Selections in parentheses were created by the author.

 Track#
 chapter
 page #
 artist or (example)
  title

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Acknowledgements

I followed a circuitous path to this degree, and it would not have been possible without the tremendous support and guidance of the dissertation committee members. Since I met Professor David Wessel, he has been a wonderful friend, colleague, and mentor, as well as a fellow avid music buff. When I left physics in 1994 and was casting about in search of a career, he graciously took me on and introduced me to many exciting new ideas. It was his consistently innovative vision that led to the construction and execution of this interdisciplinary program. As is the case with his direction of the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT), my degree program exemplifies Professor Wessel's extraordinary ability to create novel, nurturing environments for new kinds of research. I am extremely fortunate and grateful to have enjoyed the benefits of his brilliance and generosity.

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