Research Catalog
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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Details
- Description
- xviii, 462 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- "Electronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture is a revised and expanded edition of this classic work, providing a thorough treatment of the relevant history behind the marriage of technology and music that has led to the state of electronic music today. Beginning with an early history of electronic music before 1945, the book outlines key composers, inventions, and concepts, ranging from Edgar Varese to Brian Eno; musique concrete to turntablism; and compositional techniques used in both analog and digital synthesis." "The third edition's reader-friendly writing style, logical organization, and features provide easy access to key ideas, milestones, and concepts."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-448) and index.
- Contents
- Pt. I. Early history - predecessors and pioneers (1874 to 1960) -- 1. Electronic music before 1945 -- 2. Early electronic music in Europe -- 3. Early electronic music in the United States -- 4. Early electronic music in Japan -- Pt. II. Analog synthesis and instruments -- 5. Tape composition and fundamental concepts of electronic music -- 6. Early synthesizers and experimenters -- 7. Principles of analog synthesis and voltage control -- 8. The voltage-controlled synthesizer -- 9. The evolution of analog synthesizers -- Pt. III. Digital synthesis and computer music -- 10. Early computer music (1953-85) -- 11. The microprocessor revolution (1975-90) -- 12. The principles of computer music -- 13. The evolution of computer musical instruments and software -- Pt. IV. The music -- 14. Classical and experimental music -- 15. Live electronic music and ambient music -- 16. Rock, space age pop, and turntablism -- Pioneering works of electronic music.
- ISBN
- 9780415957816 (hardback)
- 0415957818 (hardback)
- 9780415957823 (pbk.)
- 0415957826 (pbk.)
- 9780203929599 (ebook)
- 0203929594 (ebook)
- LCCN
- 2007038213
- OCLC
- ocn173136109
- 173136109
- SCSB-14506670
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries