W R I T I N G S
Books (author)
Wannamaker, R. The Music of James Tenney, Volume 1: “Contexts & Paradigms,” University of Illinois Press, 2021. 336 pages, 84 figures, 6 tables.
Wannamaker, R. The Music of James Tenney, Volume 2: “A Handbook to the Pieces,” University of Illinois Press, 2021. 440 pages, 212 figures, 14 tables.
Books (editor)
Tenney, J. James Tenney: Writings and Interviews on Experimental Music. R. Wannamaker, L. Pratt, and T. Wada, eds. Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.
Tenney, J. From Scratch: Writings in Music Theory. L. Polansky, L. Pratt, R. Wannamaker and M. Winter, eds. University of Illinois Press, 2015.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Wannamaker, R.A. “Rhythmicon Relationships, Farey Sequences and James Tenney’s Spectral CANON for CONLON Nancarrow,” Music Theory Spectrum, Vol. 34/2, Fall 2012, 48–70.
Wannamaker, R.A. “The Spectral Music of James Tenney,” Contemporary Music Review, Vol 27, No. 1, February 2008, 91–130. (invited)
Gronemeyer, G., L. Pratt, M. Sabat, C. Streb, and R.A. Wannamaker, “James Tenney: Works,” Contemporary Music Review, Vol. 27, No. 1, February 2008, pp. 151-56.
Wannamaker, R.A. “Structure and Perception in Herma by Iannis Xenakis,” Music Theory Online, Vol. 7, Issue 3, May 2001.
Wannamaker, R.A. “Subtractive and Non-Subtractive Dithering: A Mathematical Comparison,” J. Audio Eng. Soc., vol. 52 (Dec. 2004), 1211–27.
Lipshitz, S.P., R.A. Wannamaker and J. Vanderkooy. “Dithered Noise Shapers and Recursive Digital Filters,” J. Audio Eng. Soc., vol. 52 (Nov. 2004), 1124–41.
Wannamaker, R.A. “Efficient Generation of Multichannel Dither Signals,” J. Audio Eng. Soc., vol. 52 (June 2004), 579–86.
Wannamaker, R.A., S.P. Lipshitz, J. Vanderkooy and J.N. Wright. “A Theory of Non-Subtractive Dither,” IEEE Trans. Signal Process. vol. 48 (Feb. 2000), 499–516.
Wannamaker, R.A., S.P. Lipshitz and J. Vanderkooy. “Stochastic Resonance as Dithering,” Phys. Rev. E (Statistical Physics), vol. 61 (Jan. 2000), 233–36.
Wannamaker, R.A., and E.R. Vrscay. “Fractal Wavelet Compression of Audio Signals,” J. Audio Eng. Soc., vol. 45 (Jul./Aug. 1997), 540–53. (Nominated for JAES Young Author’s Award 1997.)
Lipshitz, S.P., R.A. Wannamaker and J. Vanderkooy. “A Theoretical Survey of Quantization and Dither,” J. Audio Eng. Soc., vol. 40 (May 1992), 355–75. (Recipient of JAES Publications Award 1991–92.)
Wannamaker, R.A. “Psycho-Acoustically Optimal Noise Shaping,” J. Audio Eng. Soc., vol. 40 (Jul./Aug. 1992), 611–20.
Lipshitz, S.P., J. Vanderkooy and R.A. Wannamaker. “Minimally Audible Noise Shaping,” J. Audio Eng. Soc., vol. 39 (Nov. 1991), 836–52.
Presentations and Panel Discussions
“Music and Algorithms,” panel discussion as part of Random Walks: the Music of Xenakis and Beyond, Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum Nano Centre, Waterloo, ON, Canada (Feb. 25, 2013). (invited)
Wannamaker, R.A., “Mathematics and Design in the Music of Iannis Xenakis,” presented at A Forum: Seeing and Hearing Xenakis, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (Jan. 2011). (invited)
Wannamaker, R.A., “The Rational Number System as a Generator of Musical Form,” presented at the Joint Mathematics Meetings, American Mathematical Society Special Session on Mathematical Techniques in Music Analysis, New Orleans, LA (Jan. 2011). (invited)
Wannamaker, R.A., “Gerard Grisey and the Inner Life of Sounds,” presented at the Goethe-Institute, Los Angeles, CA (Feb. 2008). (invited)
Wannamaker, R.A., “The Spectral Music of James Tenney,” presented at James Tenney & Milton Babbitt: American Iconoclasts, Columbia University, New York, NY (Feb. 2008). (invited)
Wannamaker, R.A., “North American Spectralism,” presented at the Istanbul International Spectral Music Conference, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey (Nov. 2003, read in absentia).
Wannamaker, R.A., “Efficient Generation of Multichannel Dither Signals,” presented at the 103rd Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, New York, NY (Sept. 1997). Preprint No. 4533.
Wannamaker, R.A., “Subtractive and Non-Subtractive Dithering: A Comparative Analysis,” presented at the 97th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, San Francisco, CA (Nov. 1994). Preprint No. 3920.
Lipshitz, S.P., R.A. Wannamaker and J. Vanderkooy, “Dithered Noise Shapers and Recursive Digital Filters,” presented at the 94th Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, Berlin (Mar. 1993). Preprint No. 3515.
Wannamaker, R.A., and S.P. Lipshitz, “Time Domain Behavior of Dithered Quantizers,” presented at the 93rd Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, San Francisco, CA (Oct. 1992). Preprint No. 3418.
Other Publications
Wannamaker, R.A., liner notes for Tenney, James, Harmonium (2018), Scordatura Ensemble, New World Records 80803 (commercial audio recording).
Wannamaker, R.A., and D. Lidov, graphic prolongation analyses of the Prelude from Bach BWV 1001, for Cumming, N., The Sonic Self, Indiana Univ. Press, Bloomington, IN, 2000.
Wannamaker, R.A., “SoundWeb: WWW Resources for New Music,” Musicworks Magazine, Toronto, ON, 2000–01 (regular column).
Wannamaker, R.A., and S.P. Lipshitz, “Dithered Quantizers With and Without Feedback,” Proc. of the 1993 IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics, New Paltz, NY (Oct. 1993).
Lipshitz, S.P., R.A. Wannamaker, J. Vanderkooy and J.N. Wright, “Non Subtractive Dither,” Proc. of the 1991 IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics, New Paltz, NY (Oct. 1991).
Wannamaker, R.A., S.P. Lipshitz and J. Vanderkooy, “Dithering to Eliminate Quantization Distortion,” Proc. of the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Acoustical Assoc., Halifax, Nova Scotia (Oct. 1989) (invited review paper).
Dissertations & Theses
Wannamaker, R.A. “grain, for 17 instruments.” PhD Diss., Dept. of Music, University of California, San Diego, CA, 2006.
Wannamaker, R.A., “Science and Music: An Aesthetic Economy,” M.A. Thesis, Dept. of Music, York University, Toronto, ON (Jun. 2001).
Wannamaker, R.A. “The Theory of Dithered Quantization.” PhD Thesis, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, 1998.