Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music

Name: Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music
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ISBN: 9780521688659

ISBN-10: 0521688655

ISBN-13: 9780521688659

Edition: 2007

Authors: Nick Collins, Julio d'Escrivan, Julio D'Escrivan, Julio d' Escrivan Rincón

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Musicians are always quick to adopt and explore new technologies. The fast-paced changes wrought by electrification, from the microphone via the analogue synthesiser to the laptop computer, have led to a wide diversity of new musical styles and techniques. Electronic music has grown to a broad field of investigation, taking in historical movements like musique concrte and elecktronische musik, and contemporary trends such as electronic dance music. A fascinating array of composers and inventors have contributed to a diverse set of technologies, practices and music. This book brings together some novel threads through this scene, from the viewpoint of researchers at the forefront of the…

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List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/13/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 314
Size: 6.85" wide x 9.53" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Nick Collins is Lecturer in Music Informatics at the University of Sussex.



List of illustrations and figures


Notes on contributors


Acknowledgements


Chronology


Introduction




Electronic music in context



The origins of electronic music




Electronic music and the studio




Live electronic music




A history of programming and music



Artists' statements I


Laurie Spiegel


Yasunao Tone


John Oswald


Mathias Gmachl (Farmer's Manual)


Erdem Helvacioglu


Pauline Oliveros


Chris Jeffs


Rodrigo Sigal


Mira Calix


Denis Smalley


Seong-Ah Shin


Carsten Nicolai


Warren Burt


Max Mathews



Electronic music in practice



Interactivity and live computer music




Algorithmic composition




Live audiovisuals




Network music




Electronic music and the moving image




Musical robots and listening machines



Artists' statements II


Kevin Saunderson


Kanta Horio


Donna Hewitt


Alejandro Vinao


Bubblyfish


Barry Truax


Lukas Ligeti (Burkina Electric)


Christina Kubisch


Murat Ertel


Adina Izarra


CybOrk


Francis Dhomont


David Behrman


Kevin Blechdom (Kristin Erickson)


Karlheinz Stockhausen


George E. Lewis



Analysis and synthesis



Computer generation and manipulation of sounds




The psychology of electronic music




Trends in electroacoustic music



Notes


References


Index