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Electronic and experimental music : technology, music, and culture

Title
Electronic and experimental music : technology, music, and culture / Thom Holmes.
Author
Holmes, Thom.
Publication
New York : Routledge, 2008.

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Description
xviii, 462 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
Subject
  • Electronic music > History and criticism
  • Computer music > History and criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-448) and index.
Contents
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 -- 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 -- 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 -- The music. Classical and experimental music ; Live electronic music and ambient music ; Rock, space age pop, and turntablism.
Call Number
JMF 10-1368
ISBN
  • 9780415957816 (hardback)
  • 0415957818 (hardback)
  • 9780415957823 (pbk.)
  • 0415957826 (pbk.)
LCCN
2007038213
OCLC
173136109
Author
Holmes, Thom.
Title
Electronic and experimental music : technology, music, and culture / Thom Holmes.
Imprint
New York : Routledge, 2008.
Edition
3rd ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-448) and index.
Research Call Number
JMF 10-1368
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