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Electronic and experimental music : technology, music, and culture

Thom Holmes (Author)
'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
Print Book, English, 2015
Fifth edition View all formats and editions
Routledge, London, 2015
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 volume : illustrations ; 26 cm
9781138792722, 9781138792739, 1138792721, 113879273X
1062282976
Ebook version :
List of Illustrations xPreface xxxAcknowledgments xxPart I Early History: Predecessors and Pioneers (1874 to 1960) 11 Electronic Music Before 1945 xxx2 Early Electronic Music in Europe xxx3 Early Electronic Music in the United States and Latin America xxx4 Early Electronic Music in Asia and Oceania xxxPart II Analog Synthesis and Instruments xxx5 Tape Composition and Fundamental Concepts of Electronic Music xxx6 Early Synthesizers and Experimenters xxx7 Principles of Analog Synthesis and Voltage Control xxx8 The Voltage-Controlled Synthesizer xxxPart III Digital Synthesis and Computer Music xxx9 Early Computer Music (1953–85) xxx10 The Microprocessor Revolution (1975 to the Present) xxx11 The Principles of Computer Music xxxPart IV The Music xxx12 Contemporary Classical and Experimental Music xxx13 Jazz, Live Electronic Music, and Ambient Music xxx14 Rock, Space Age Pop, and Turntablism xxx15 Contemporary Practices in Composing Electronic MusicPioneering Works of Electronic MusicAppendix: A Concise History of Computer Music xxxGlossary xxxNotes xxx