Electronic and Experimental Music
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-95782-3 (ISBN)
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Electronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture provides a thorough treatment of the relevant history behind the marriage of technology and music that has led to the state of electronic music today. Beginning with an early history of electronic music before 1945, the book outlines key composers, inventions, and concepts, ranging from Edgard Varèse to Brian Eno; musique concrète to turntablism; and compositional techniques used in both analog and digital synthesis.
The third edition’s reader-friendly writing style, logical organization, and features provide easy access to key ideas, milestones, and concepts.
Features:
Reader’s guides and summaries at the beginning and end of each chapter
Innovations boxes providing a unique profile of an influential individual in the field of electronic music
Listen playlists recommending key recordings in each musical genre mentioned in each chapter
Milestones timelines summarizing the major technological and musical innovations discussed in each chapter.
Thom Holmes is a composer and music historian. He studied composition with Paul Epstein in Philadelphia, was the long-time publisher of the magazine Recordings of Experimental Music (1979-1985), and worked with John Cage.
Part 1. Early History—Predecessors and Pioneers (1874 to 1960) 1. Electronic Music Before 1945 2. Early Electronic Music in Europe 3. Early Electronic Music in the United States and Latin America 4. Early Electronic Music in Japan, Southeast Asia, and China Part 2. Analog Synthesis and Instruments 5. Tape Composition and Fundamental Concepts of Electronic Music 6. Early Synthesizers and Experimenters 7. Principles of Analog Synthesis and Voltage Control 8. The Voltage-Controlled Synthesizer Part 3. Digital Synthesis and Computer Music 9. Early Computer Music (1953-95) 10. The Microprocessor Revolution (1975–2011) 11. The Principles of Computer Music Part 4. The Music 12. Classical and Experimental Music 13. Jazz, Live Electronic Music, and Ambient Music 14. Rock, Space Age Pop, and Turntablism
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.6.2008 |
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| Zusatzinfo | New design - see design brief. Paper is 45#Restorecote; 101 Line drawings, black and white; 121 Halftones, black and white; 11 Tables, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 748 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik |
| ISBN-10 | 0-415-95782-6 / 0415957826 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-95782-3 / 9780415957823 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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