Electronic and computer music / Peter Manning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manning, Peter, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic music--History and criticism.

Electronic music.

Computer music--History and criticism.

Computer music.

Physical Description:

x, 474 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Revised and exp. edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

In this revised and expanded edition of the classic text on the history and evolution of electronic and computer music, Peter Manning provides the definitive account of the medium from its birth to the present day. After explaining the antecedents of electronic music from the turn of the century to the Second World War, Manning discusses the emergence of early "classical" studios of the 1950s. He goes on to chronicle the upsurge of creative activity during the 1960s and '70s in the analog domain, as well as with live electronic music and the early use of electronics in rock and pop music. This edition contains new information about software innovations, digital media and the essential features of digital and audio control, the MIDI synthesizer and its many derivatives, and the evolution of computer workstations and multimedia personal computers. Manning offers a critical perspective of the medium in terms of both its musical output and the philosophical and technical features that have shaped its growth. Emphasizing the functional characteristics of emerging technologies and their influence on the creative development of the medium, Manning covers key developments in both commercial and the noncommercial sectors to provide readers with the most comprehensive resource available on this ever-evolving subject.

Contents:

The background, to 1945

Paris and Musique concréte

Cologne and Electronische musik

Milan and elsewhere in Europe

America

The voltage-controlled synthesizer

Works for tape

Live electronic music

Rock and pop electronic music

The foundations of computer music

From computer technology to musical creativity

The microprocessor revolution

The characteristics of digital audio

The development of the MIDI communications protocol

From analog to digital: the evolution of MIDI hardware

From microcomputer to music computer: the MIDI dimension

New horizons for MIDI-based technologies

Personal computers and sound processing

Music workstations and related computing architectures

Performance controllers

New horizons in synthesis and signal processing software.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [409]-425), discography (pages [427]-450), and index.

ISBN:

0195144848

0195170857

OCLC:

51242171