The Leonardo Music Journal and Leonardo Compact Disc Series

THEL€OIW?DO MUSIC This, the premier issue of the LeonardoMusicJournal (LMJ) and compact disc series,is an exciting milestone in the continued development of Leonardo and the professional community it serves. In 1992we begin our twentyfifth year of publication with renewed vitality and impetus from a new generation of artists and composers who seek to create contemporary art forms that respond to, and shape, our times. These new artists and composers have little interest in the endless debates on art versus science and art versus technology;rather, as the pages of this premier issue show, they seek to achieve their artistic goalswith whatever science and technology is appropriate-whether the most advanced use of computers or the innovative use of traditional materials. The scope of LMJ as described by Guest Editor Larry Polansky in the preceding Editorial, will be broad and interdisciplinary in order to document the work of this new generation of artists and composers. And, as is the case in thejournal Leonardo, the artists and composers will themselves write about their own work in the pages of LMJ The decision to include a compact discwith each issue of LMJwas driven first by the desire to represent the worksof composers,acousticiansand other sound artistsas fully as possible. While visual artists can illustrate their articleswith images that convey at least an impression of the appearance o f their works, sound artists are unable to convey the nature of their works without use of sound recording. The decision to start the Leonardocompact disc serieswas, however, also part of Leonardo’s ongoing plan to exploit the new electronic publishing technologies. The Leonardo compact disc series expands this effort,joining our electronic newsletters (FineArt Forum and FAST News) and FAST, the Leonardo database available on line and on diskette. It is our intent to expand, over the coming years, into other multimedia formats, whether as Compact Disc/Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM)or Compact Disc Interactive (CD-I).It is clear to us that the proliferation of new electronic and interactive media represents a truly significantadvance both in publishing technologies and in art- and music-making technologies. Leonardo must take advantage of these new publishing technologies in order to address effectivelythe range of issuesnow involved in the interaction of the contemporary arts and music with science and technology. We realise, of course, that at this time many of our readers and authors do not have access to these new electronic formats, and we will ensure that our printed publications continue to address the needs of these readers and authors. Finally,we would like to invite a l l interested artists,composersand other authors to send proposalsfor manuscripts to the main editorialoffice. Instructions for authors are provided on the back cover of this issue. Manuscriptswill be reviewedby members of the LamurdoMusicJournal EditorialBoard and outsidereferees before acceptance for publication. The Aims and Scope of LMJare broad, and authors are urged to contact us with proposals for manuscripts that might be of interest to our readers. ROGER F. MALINA ExecutiveEditor 61991ISAST PwgarnonPressplc. Printedin GreatBrim. 0961-1215/91$3.M)+0.~ LEONARD0MUSICJOURNAL, Vol. 1, No. 1,p. 3,1991 3 ...