WORLD SOUNDSCAPE PROJECT LITERATURE FILE
SUBJECT CATALOGUE


I. SOUNDS OF NATURE:

A. SOUNDS OF CREATION

B. SOUND OF APOCALYPSE

C. SOUNDS OF WATER

D. SOUNDS OF AIR

E. SOUNDS OF EARTH

F. SOUNDS OF FIRE

G. SOUND OF BIRDS

H. SOUNDS OF ANIMALS

I. SOUNDS OF INSECTS

J. FISH AND SEA CREATURES

 

II. HUMAN SOUNDS:

A. SOUNDS OF THE VOICE

B. SOUNDS OF THE BODY

C. SOUNDS OF CLOTHING

D. HUMANS IN GROUPS

 

III. SOUNDS AND SOCIETY:

A. RURAL SOUNDSCAPES

B. TOWN SOUNDSCAPES

C. URBAN SOUNDSCAPES

D. MARITIME SOUNDSCAPES

E. DOMESTIC SOUNDSCAPES

F. TRADES, PROFESSIONS

G. FACTORIES & OFFICES

H. EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENTS

I. MUSIC & MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

J. CEREMONIES & FESTIVALS

K. PARKS & GARDENS

L. SOUNDS OF RELIGIONS

M. SOUNDS OF THE COURTS

N. SOUNDS OF BUILDINGS

 

IV. MECHANICAL SOUNDS:

A. MACHINES

B. INDUSTRIAL AND FACTORY EQUIPMENT

C. INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES

D. AIRCRAFT

E. TRAINS

F. CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION EQUIPMENT

G. SAWS

H. VENTILATORS AND AIR CONDITIONERS

I. INSTRUMENTS OF WAR AND DESTRUCTION

J. GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS OF WAR

K. FARM MACHINERY

L. SOUNDS OF TRANSPORTATION

 

V. SOUNDS AS INDICATORS:

A. BELLS, GONGS & DRUMS

B. HORNS AND WHISTLES

C. SOUNDS OF TIME

D. WARNING SIGNALS

E. INDICATORS OF FUTURE OCCURRENCES

F. TELEPHONES

 

VI. MISCELLANEOUS SOUNDS:

A. FIRST SOUNDS ON WAKING

B. LAST SOUNDS BEFORE SLEEP

C. SOUNDS IN DREAMS

D. CLAIRAUDIENCE

E. DISPLACED SOUNDS

F. SYNAESTHESIA

G. AURAL ILLUSION AND IMAGINATION

 

VII. QUIET & SILENCE, ECHO & REVERBERATION:

A. QUIET & SILENCE

B. ECHO & REVERBERATION

 

VIII. REPORTER'S ATTITUDE TO SOUND:

A. NOISE

B. SIGNAL

C. PAINFUL

D. PLEASURABLE

E. NEUTRAL

 

IX. MYTHOLOGICAL SOUNDS:

A. LYDIAN

B. NORSE

C. GREEK

D. GERMAN

E. SUMERIAN

F. DANISH

G. JUDEO-CHRISTIAN

H. NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

I. EGYPTIAN

J. BABYLONIAN

K. ROMAN, ITALIAN

 

X. SOUND ASSOCIATIONS:

A. SIMILES & METAPHORS

B. CROSS CULTURAL REFERENCES

C. SOUND AS MAGIC

D. SOUND SYMBOLISM

E. PROVERBS, SAYINGS, EPITHETS

 

XI. SOUNDS OF TIMES OF DAY OR NIGHT:

A. SOUNDS OF THE SEASONS

B. TIMES OF DAY OR NIGHT


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