Electronic and experimental music : technology, music, and culture / Thom Holmes
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TextPublication details: New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2016Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xxi, 562 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN: - 9781138792739
- 113879273X
- 786.7 HOL
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| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 786.7 HOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39002100633743 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Electronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture provides a comprehensive history of electronic music, covering key composers, genres, and techniques used in analog and digital synthesis. This textbook has been extensively revised with the needs of students and instructors in mind. The reader-friendly style, logical organization, and pedagogical features of the fifth edition allow easy access to key ideas, milestones, and concepts.
New to this edition:
* A companion website, featuring key examples of electronic music, both historical and contemporary.
* Listening Guides providing a moment-by-moment annotated exploration of key works of electronic music.
* A new chapter--Contemporary Practices in Composing Electronic Music.
* Updated presentation of classic electronic music in the United Kingdom, Italy, Latin America, and Asia, covering the history of electronic music globally.
* An expanded discussion of early experiments with jazz and electronic music, and the roots of electronic rock.
* Additional accounts of the vastly under-reported contributions of women composers in the field.
* More photos, scores, and illustrations throughout.
The companion website features a number of student and instructor resources, such as additional Listening Guides, links to streaming audio examples and online video resources, PowerPoint slides, and interactive quizzes.
"Glossary": pages 512-523
Includes bibliographical references (pages 524-544) and index.
Electronic music before 1945; Early electronic music in Europe; Early electronic music in the United States and Latin America; Early electronic music in Asia and Oceania; Tape composition and fundamental concepts of electronic music; Early synthesizers and experimenters; Principles of analog synthesis and voltage control; The voltage-controlled synthesizer; Early computer music (1953-85); The microprocessor revolution (1975 to the present); The principles of computer music; Contemporary classical and experimental music; Jazz, live electronic music, and ambient music; Rock, space age pop, and turntablism; Contemporary practices in composing electronic music
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Thom Holmes is a music historian and composer. He studied composition with Paul Epstein in Philadelphia,
published the magazine Recordings of Experimental Music (1979-85), and worked with John Cage. He is a
current member of Composers Inside Electronics, an electronic music performing ensemble dedicated to
the realization of works by David Tudor. Holmes produces a personal blog, Noise and Notations , and writes
the blog Moog: A History in Recordings for the Bob Moog Foundation. He curates an archive of vintage
electronic music recordings and maintains The Sound of Moog , possibly the only complete collection of every
commercial recording made using the Moog Modular Synthesizer (1964-70).