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Electronic and experimental music : pioneers in technology and composition / Thom Holmes.

By: Holmes, Thom.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : London : Routledge, 2002Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xii, 322 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0415936438; 0415936446 .Subject(s): Electronic music -- History and criticism | Avant-garde (Music)DDC classification: 781.69

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Electronic and Experimental Musicis a second edition of a well-known text on the history of electronic music. Holmes' original book, first published in 1985, was a beginner's introduction both to the theories of sound and sound production and to the history of some of the earliest experiments in instrument building and composition. In this new edition, the author thoroughly updates and enlarges the theoretical and historical sections. He also presents new material on using home computers and the many software and Internet resources available.

Previous ed.: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes discography.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • author's Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: New Technology, New Music, New Listening
  • 1 Electronic Music: What It Is, How It Is Made
  • 2 Electronic Music Resources
  • 3 Music from Miniframes: The Origins of Computer Music
  • 4 Musical Precedents to Electronic Music: Origins of the Avant-Garde
  • 5 Electronic Pioneers
  • 6 Pierre
  • 7 Three Pioneers: John Cage
  • 8 Otto Luening
  • 9 Robert Moog
  • 10 ONCE and Future Innovators: Robert Ashley and Gordon Mumma
  • 11 The San Francisco School: Ramon Sender
  • 12 New Approaches
  • 13 Electronic Music in the Mainstream: A Loss of History
  • 14 Resources
  • Select Discography
  • SelectBibliography
  • Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Thom Holmes is a composer and performer of electronic music, as well as a software designer and consultant. He was the long-time publisher of the magazine Recordingsof Electronic Music .