1. Electronic music fundamentals
What is electronic music?
Listening to electronic music
How electronic music is composed
Electronic music composition by process
The physics of musical sound
Analog and digital synthesis basics
Computer music basics
Tape composition and sound editing
MIDI, noise reduction and audio compression technologies
2. History of electronic and comuter music
Earliest experiments in electronic music (Pre-1920)
Electronic music performance instruments (1920-40)
The history of audio recording technology
Edgard Varèse and The listener's experiment
Musique Concrète in France
Elektronische Musik in Germany
Other European electronic music studios
John Cage in the United States
The Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, New York
The Cooperative studio for electronic music, Ann Arbor
The Experimental music studio, University of Illinois
The San Francisco Tape Music Center
Electronic music in Canada
Radiophonic music in the United Kingdom
Electronic music in Latin America
Electronic music in Asia and Australia
Early computer music (1950-69)
Computer music (1970-85)
3. Makers of vintage analog and digital synthesizers
Moog. Buchla. EMS. ARP and other analog Sythesizers. Digital synthsizers and samplers
4. Live electronic music and contemporary practices
Live electronic music - foundations
Live electronic music - historical practices
Mordern turntablism
Contemporary software and synthesis
Eurorack
Electronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture, Sixth Edition, presents an extensive history of electronic musicfrom its historical beginnings in the late nineteenth century to its everchanging presentrecounting 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 musics 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.
New to this edition:
A reorganized and revised chapter structure places technological advances within a historical framework.
Shorter chapters offer greater modularity and flexibility for instructors.
Discussions on the elements of sound, listening to electronic music, electronic music in the mainstream, Eurorack, and more.
An appendix of historically important electronic music studios around the globe.
Listening Guides throughout the book provide step-by-step annotations of key musical works, focusing the development of student listening skills. Featuring extensive revisions and expanded coverage, this sixth edition of Electronic and Experimental Music represents an comprehensive accounting of the technology, musical styles, and figures associated with electronic music, highlighting the musics deep cultural impact.