Electronic and Computer Music

Name: Electronic and Computer Music
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ISBN: 9780199746392

ISBN-10: 0199746397

ISBN-13: 9780199746392

Edition: 4th 2013

Authors: Peter Manning

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In this new edition of the classic text on the history and evolution of electronic music, Peter Manning extends the definitive account of the medium from its birth to include key developments from the dawn of the 21st century to the present day.After explaining the antecedents of electronic music from the turn of the 20th century to the Second World War, Manning discusses the emergence of the early 'classical' studios of the 1950s, and the subsequent evolution of more advanced analogue technologies during the 1960s and '70s, leading inturn to the birth and development of the MIDI synthesizer. Attention then turns to the characteristics of the digital revolution, from the pioneering work of…

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List price: $67.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/27/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 0.12" wide x 0.12" long x 0.12" tall
Weight: 1.760
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 Concrete



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 to 1980



The Foundations of Computer Music



From Computer Technology to Musical Creativity



The Microprocessor Revolution



Digital Audio



The Characteristics of Digital Audio



MIDI



The Development of the MIDI Communications Protocol



From Analog to Digital: The Evolution of MIDI Hardware



From Microcomputer to Music Computer: The MIDI Perspective



Further Advances in Hardware Design



The Changing Fortunes of the MIDI Manufacturing Sector



Desktop Synthesis and Signal Processing



From Minicomputer to Advanced Computer Workstation



The Personal Computer



The Digital Audio Workstation



Laptop Music and Related Activities



Synthesis, Signal Processing, and Spatialization



Performance Controllers: Evolution and Change



Global Networking



The Internet



Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index


Photo gallery follows page 132