u003ciu003e u003cpu003eFrom Music to Soundu003c/iu003e is an examination of the six musical histories whose convergence produces the emergence of sound, offering a plural, original history of new music and showing how music had begun a change of paradigm, moving from a culture centred on the note to a culture of sound. Each chapter follows a chronological progression and is illustrated with numerous musical examples. The chapters are composed of six parallel histories: u003ciu003etimbreu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003e u003c/iu003ewhich became a central category for musical composition; u003ciu003enoiseu003c/iu003e and the exploration of its musical potential; u003ciu003elisteningu003c/iu003e, the awareness of which opens to the generality of sound; deeper and deeper u003ciu003eimmersionu003c/iu003e in sound; the substitution of composingu003ciu003e theu003c/iu003e sound for composing u003ciu003ewithu003c/iu003e sounds; and u003ciu003espaceu003c/iu003e, which is progressively viewed as composable.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eThe book proposes a global overview, one of the first of its kind, since its ambition is to systematically delimit the emergence of sound. Both well-known and lesser-known works and composers are analysed in detail; from Debussy to contemporary music in the early twenty-first century; from rock to electronica; from the sound objects of the earliest u003ciu003emusique concr teu003c/iu003e to current electroacoustic music; from the u003ciu003ePo me lectroniqueu003c/iu003e of Le Corbusier-Var se-Xenakis to the most recent inter-arts attempts.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eCovering theory, analysis and aesthetics, u003ciu003eFrom Music to Soundu003c/iu003e will be of great interest to scholars, professionals and students of Music, Musicology, Sound Studies and Sonic Arts.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eSupporting musical examples can be accessed via the online Routledge Music Research Portal.u003c/pu003e