Electronic and experimental music
Subtitle: technology, music, and culture
By: Thom Holmes.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 462
ISBN-13: 9780415957816; 9780415957823; 9780203929599
Subjects: Electronic music -- History and criticism; Computer music -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-448) and index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: 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; title: Digital synthesis and computer music. Early computer music (1953-1985) ; The microprocessor revolution (1975-90) ; Principles of computer music ; The evolution of computer musical instruments and software; title: The music. Classical and experimental music ; Live electronic music and ambient music ; Rock, space age pop, and turntablism.