Electronic and experimental music : technology, music, and culture /

Holmes, Thom,

Electronic and experimental music : technology, music, and culture / Thom Holmes. - 6th edition. - 562 pages : illustrations (black and white)

Previous edition: 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This volume presents an extensive history of electronic music - from its historical beginnings in the late nineteenth century to its everchanging present - recounting the musical ideas that arose in parallel with technological progress. In four parts, the author details the fundamentals of electronic music, its history, the major synthesizer innovators, and contemporary practices.

Specialized.

9781138365469 (pbk.) : £45.99


Electronic music--History and criticism.
Computer music--History and criticism.
Synthesizer (Musical instrument)--History.
Music.
Music.

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