Instruments for New Music : Sound, Technology, and Modernism /

"Player pianos, radio-electric circuits, gramophone records, and optical sound film-these were the cutting-edge acoustic technologies of the early twentieth century, and for many musicians and artists of the time, these devices were also the implements of a musical revolution. Instruments for N...

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Hoofdauteur: Patteson, Thomas (Auteur)
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Oakland, Calif. : University of California Press, 2016.
Reeks:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Inhoudsopgave:
  • Listening to instruments
  • "The joy of precision" : mechanical instruments and the aesthetics of automation
  • "The alchemy of tone" : Jörg Mager and electric music
  • "Sonic handwriting" : media instruments and musical inscription
  • "A new, perfect musical instrument" : the trautonium and electric music in the 1930s
  • The expanding instrumentarium.