The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music
The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music
Musicians are always quick to adopt and explore new technologies. The fast-paced changes wrought by electrification, from the microphone via the analogue synthesiser to the laptop computer, have led to a wide range of new musical styles and techniques. Electronic music has grown to a broad field of investigation, taking in historical movements such as musique concrète and elektronische Musik, and contemporary trends such as electronic dance music and electronica. The first edition of this book won the 2009 Nicolas Bessaraboff Prize as it brought together researchers at the forefront of the sonic explorations empowered by electronic technology to provide accessible and insightful overviews of core topics and uncover some hitherto less publicised corners of worldwide movements. This updated and expanded second edition includes four entirely new chapters, as well as new original statements from globally renowned artists of the electronic music scene, and celebrates a diverse array of technologies, practices and music.
- Updated and expanded edition of this highly successful volume, including four entirely new chapters to reflect advances in electronic music
- Includes original statements from famous international artists about their music
- Chapters explore topics such as audiovisuals, network music and interactive music, as well as issues in composition, musicology and analysis
Product details
October 2017Paperback
9781107590021
358 pages
247 × 173 × 16 mm
0.72kg
34 b/w illus. 9 tables
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Table of Contents
- 1. The origins of electronic music Andrew Hugill
- 2. Electronic music and the studio Margaret Schedel
- 3. Live electronic music Nicolas Collins
- 4. A history of programming and music Ge Wang
- Artists' statements I: Laurie Spiegel, Yasunao Tone, John Oswald, Mathias Gmachl (Farmers Manual), Erdem Helvacioglu, Pauline Oliveros, Chris Jeffs, Rodrigo Sigal, Mira Calix, Seong-Ah Shin, Carsten Nicolai, Warren Burt, Max Mathews
- 5. Interactivity and live computer music Sergi JordÃ
- 6. Algorithmic composition Karlheinz Essl
- 7. Live audiovisuals Amy Alexander and Nick Collins
- 8. Network music Julian Rohrhuber
- 9. Electronic music and the moving image Julio d'Escriván
- Artists' statements II: Kevin Saunderson, Kanta Horio, Donna Hewitt, Alejandro Viñao, Bubblyfish Barry Truax, Lukas Ligeti (Burkina Electric), Christina Kubisch, Murat Ertel, Adina Izarra, CybOrk, Francis Dhomont, David Behrman, Kevin Blechdom (Kristin Erickson) Karlheinz Stockhausen, George E. Lewis
- 10. Computer generation and manipulation of sounds Stefania Serafin
- 11. Trends in electroacoustic music Natasha Barrett
- 12. Electronic sound art and aesthetic experience Adinda van 't Klooster
- 13. DIY and maker communities in electronic music John Richards
- 14. Extending the instrumental sound world using electronics Monty Adkins
- 15. The analysis of electronic music Mary Simoni
- Artists' statements III: Éliane Radigue, Daniel Miller, Ikue Mori, Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti, Holly Herndon, Vince Clarke, Ralf Hütter, Hasnizam Abdul Wahid, Elsa Justel, Beatriz Ferreyra.
