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electronic and computer music. the brief intro. What is Computer Music/Electronic Music?. Technically, anything reproduced through computer or electronic means. CD, iPod, radio Usually refers to music originally produced through computer or electronic means.
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electronic and computer music the brief intro
What is Computer Music/Electronic Music? • Technically, anything reproduced through computer or electronic means. • CD, iPod, radio • Usually refers to music originally produced through computer or electronic means. • Still, this is a very broad umbrella.
Some Listening (old) • Tchaikovsky: Valse Sentimentale, performed by Clara Rockmore on the Theremin. • Henry: Variations for a Man and a Door • Louis and Bebe Barron: Main Title from Forbidden Planet (1956) • Edgard Varese: Poem Electronique (1958)
Some listening (not quite as old) • Mario Davidovsky: Synchronism No. 6 • Steve Reich: Its gonna rain/Come out • Chowning Stria (1977) • Eno Unfamiliar Wind (Leaks Hills) 78 - 82
OK, it’s all old • Paul Lansky: idle chatter • John Zorn: Forbidden Fruit • Radiohead • NIN
Reading Assignment (due 1/17) • From Feb. 2000 Electronic Musician, Joel Chadabe’s article “The Electronic Century Part I: Beginnings”.http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=crh&an=2748024 • Step-by-step instructions to access through CardCat. (not necessarily needed, as link above takes you directly to article) • Luigi Russolo, “The Art of Noises” (in Audio Culture, and on the web http://www.ubu.com/papers/russolo.html)
Accessing the Chadabe Article Online Through The BSU Library • Go to the Bracken Library website http://www.bsu.edu/library • Select the CardCat link • Perform a search for electronic musician by title • Electronic Musician comes up as the fourth record in the list. Select Details for the record. • After the catalog entry, you'll find two Bracken locations for the item. Choose the Link Via under the Online location (first location). This will take you to the online database (EBSCO) that includes EM. • To the right in the window is a listing of years. Choose 2000, then choose February from the expanded month list. • Choose the article from the table of contents. • You can choose to create a personal research account on EBSCO, which will allow to save the article to a folder, or to disk. You can also email the article to yourself (without an EBSCO account)