Books and Articles Reserve List

Physics 1204 / Music 1466, Spring 2009

 

At the Physical Sciences Library, Clark Hall (second floor).

 

BOOKS

J. Backus, The Acoustical Foundations of Music (Norton, 1977)

D. Hall, Musical Acoustics (Brooks-Cole, 1991)

I. Johnson, Measured Tones - The Interplay of Physics and Music, (Adam Hilger, 1989)

T.D. Rossing, The Science of Sound, third ed. (Addison-Wesley, 2002)

 

JOURNAL ARTICLES

 

The articles below can be downloaded from our Blackboard site.

You will need to enroll yourself: log onto Blackboard (http://blackboard.cornell.edu/), search for "Phys 1204", and click the "Enroll" button.

 

Scientific American articles

Saunders, Physics and Music (Jul 48)

Saunders, The Acoustics of the Singing Voice (Mar 77)

Blackham, The Physics of the Piano (Dec 65)

Benade, The Physics of Woodwinds (Oct 60)

Benade, The Physics of Brasses (Jul 73)

Hutchins, The Physics of Violins (Nov 62)

Schelleng,The Physics of the Bowed String (Jan 74)

Knudsen, Architectural Acoustics (Nov 63)

 

Weintrich et al, The Coupled Motions of Piano Strings (Jan 79)

Rossing, The Physics Of Kettledrums (Nov 82)

Fletcher and Thwaites, Physics of Organ Pipes (Jan 83)

Walker, The Amateur Scientist (Jan 84) - article on bells

Smithers et al, Playing the Baroque Trumpet (Apr 86)

Shen, Acoustics of Ancient Chinese Bells (Apr 87)

Kottick et al, The Acoustics of the Harpsichord (Feb 91)

Levin and Edgerton, The Throat Singers of Tuva (Sep 99)

Articles from other journals:

Rossing Acoustics of Gamelan instruments, from Musical Acoustics (P. 169)

Rossing et al Music From Oil Drums: the Acoustics of the Steel Pan, Physics Today, March 96