{"product_id":"electronic-and-experimental-music-9781138365469","title":"Electronic and Experimental Music","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eElectronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, Sixth Edition, presents an extensive history of electronic musicâfrom its historical beginnings in the late nineteenth century to its everchanging presentârecounting 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. This examination of the musicâs experimental roots covers the key composers, genres, and techniques used in analog and digital synthesis, including both art and popular music, Western and non-Western.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew to this edition:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA reorganized and revised chapter structure places technological advances within a historical framework.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShorter chapters offer greater modularity and flexibility for instructors.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscussions on the elements of sound, listening to electronic music, electronic music in the mainstr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eElectronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture \u003c\/i\u003eis one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date references for teaching experimental computer music. This work provides an incisive overview of the field, to understand the history and current practice of computer music.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Terence M. Pender, \u003ci\u003eAssociate Director, Computer Music Center, Columbia University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePART 1: ELECTRONIC MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS \/ \u003c\/strong\u003e1 What Is Electronic Music? \/ 2 Listening to Electronic Music \/ 3 How Electronic Music is Composed \/ 4 Electronic Music Composition by Process \/ 5 The Physics of Musical Sound \/ 6 Analog and Digital Synthesis Basics \/ 7 Computer Music Basics \/ 8 Tape Composition and Sound Editing \/ 9 MIDI, Noise Reduction, and Audio Compression Technologies \/ \u003cstrong\u003ePART 2: HISTORY OF ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER MUSIC \u003c\/strong\u003e\/ 10 Earliest Experiments in Electronic Music (Pre-1920) \/ 11 Electronic Music Performance Instruments (1920-1940) \/ 12 The History of Audio Recording Technology \/ 13 Edgard Varèse and The Listener’s Experiment \/ 14 \u003ci\u003eMusique Concrète \u003c\/i\u003eIn France \/ 15 \u003ci\u003eElektronische Musik\u003c\/i\u003e in Germany \/ 16 Other European Electronic Music Studios \/ 17 John Cage in the United States \/ 18 The Columbia–Princeton Electronic Music Center, New York \/ 19 The Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music, Ann Arbor \/ 20 The Experimental Music Studio, University of Illinois \/ 21 The San Francisco Tape Music Center \/ 22 Electronic Music in Canada \/ 23 Radiophonic Music in the United Kingdom \/ 24 Electronic Music in Latin America \/ 25 Electronic Music in Asia and Australia \/ 26 Early Computer Music (1950-1969) \/ 27 Computer Music (1970-1985) \/ \u003cstrong\u003ePART 3: MAKERS OF VINTAGE ANALOG AND DIGITAL SYNTHESIZERS \u003c\/strong\u003e\/ 28 Moog Analog Synthesizers \/ 29 Buchla Analog Synthesizers \/ 30 EMS Analog Synthesizers \/ 31 ARP Analog Synthesizers \/ 32 Other Analog Synthesizers \/ 33 Digital Synthesizers and Samplers \/ \u003cstrong\u003ePART 4: LIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES \u003c\/strong\u003e\/\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e34 Live Electronic Music — Foundations \/ 35 Live Electronic Music — Historical Practices \/ 36 Modern Turntablism \/ 37 Contemporary Software and Synthesis \/ 38 Eurorack \/ Appendix: Historic Studios of Electronic Music by World Region 1948-70\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019486986583,"sku":"9781138365469","price":49.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138365469.jpg?v=1750780414","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/electronic-and-experimental-music-9781138365469","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}