Electronic and Experimental Music Technology, Music, and Culture

Name: Electronic and Experimental Music Technology, Music, and Culture
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ISBN: 9780415957823

ISBN-10: 0415957826

ISBN-13: 9780415957823

Edition: 3rd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Thom Holmes

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Electronic and Experimental Music 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. Drawing widely on innovations from the worlds of classical music, rock and roll, hip hop, popular music, jazz, and modern dance, it covers the chronology of electronic music in separate parts devoted to early history, analog synthesis and instruments, digital synthesis and computer music, and the music itself. The third edition incorporates a contemporary pedagogical design, offering a variety of learning aids designed to help readers understand and review basic concepts, history, and milestones in electronic…

Book details

List price: $52.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/23/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 462
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English

Thom Holmes is a writer specializing in natural history subjects and dinosaurs. He was the publications director of The Dinosaur Society and the editor of its newsletter, Dino Times, the world's only monthly publication devoted to news about dinosaur discoveries.



Preface



Early History'Predecessors and Pioneers (1874 to 1960)



Electronic Music Before 1945



Early Electronic Music in Europe



Early Electronic Music in the United States



Early Electronic Music in Japan



Analog Synthesis and Instruments



Tape Composition and Fundamental Concepts of Electronic Music



Early Synthesizers and Experimenters



Principles of Analog Synthesis and Voltage Control



The Voltage-Controlled Synthesizer



The Evolution of Analog Synthesizers



Digital Synthesis and Computer Music



Early Computer Music (1953 to 1985)



The Microprocessor Revolution (1975 to 1990)



Principles of Computer Music



The Evolution of Computer Music Instruments and Software



The Music



Classical and Experimental Music



Live Electronic Music and Ambient Music



Rock, Space Age Pop, and Turntablism Pioneering Works of Electronic Music Notes Glossary Index