Electronic and Computer Music

Name: Electronic and Computer Music
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ISBN: 9780198163299

ISBN-10: 0198163290

ISBN-13: 9780198163299

Edition: 2nd 1993 (Revised)

Authors: Peter Manning

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This is a revised and expanded edition of Peter Manning's classic introduction to electronic and computer music, dealing with the development of electronic and computer music from its birth to the present day. After an introductory chapter concerned with the antecedents of electronic music from the turn of the century to the Second World War, the book continues with the birth and development of the early `classical' studios of the 1950s, examined both in terms of their design philosophy and also their compositional output. A chapter devoted to the characteristics of voltage control technology leads to a study of the subsequent upsurge of creative activity, considered under three headings:…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/29/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Peter K. Manning (Ph.D., Duke, 1966) is the Brooks Professor of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University–Boston. He recently published Policing Technology: An Ethnographic Study of Crime Mapping (NYU Press 2007).




The Background, to 1945


Developments from 1945 to 1960



Paris and Musique Concrï¿½te



Cologne and Elektronische Musik



Milan and Elsewhere in Europe



America


New Horizons in Electronic Design



The Voltage-Controlled Synthesizer


The Electronic Repertory from 1960



Works for Tape



Live Electronic Music



Rock and Pop Electronic Music


The Digital Revolution



The Birth of Computer Music



New Horizons in Digital Technology



The Midi Synthesizer



From Microcomputer to Music Supercomputer



Conclusion


Bibliography


Discography


Index