Description |
253 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Note |
The origins for this book come from a session on Technology and music at the 23rd Symposium of the International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC) in Budapest, August 1996. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Keyboards, crankshafts and communication, the musical mindset of western technology / Geoffrey Hindley -- Electronic instruments--classifications and mechanisms / Hugh Davies -- 'It all began with a broken organ'--the role of Yamaha in Japan's music development / Tatsuya Kobayashi -- The social construction of the synthesizer / Trevor Pinch & Frank Trocco -- My soul is in the machine--Conlon Nancarrow--composer for player piano--precursor of computer music / Jürgen Hocker -- Music and the city / Barbara Berthelmes -- 'Moving on'--airplanes and locomotives in 20th century music / Hans-Joachim Braun -- 'A servile imitation'--disputes about machines in music, 1910-1930 / Karin Bijsterveld -- Sound microscopy and music in the 20th century, a survey with special reference to Hungary / István Pintér -- From polka to punk--growth of an independent recording studio, 1934-1977 / Susan Schmidt-Horning -- The origins of the 45-rpm record at RCA Victor, 1939-1948 / Alexander B. Magoun -- Tape recording and music making / Andre Millard -- Musicians and the sound revolution--business, labor, and technology in America, 1890-1950 / Jame P. Kraft -- Aesthetics out of exigency, violin vibrato and the phonograph / Mark Katz -- Reversing the reverse salient in electric guitar technology--noise, humbuckers and Jimi Hendrix / Rebecca McSwain -- Soundsampling--an aesthetic challenge / Helga de la Motte-Haber -- New technology--new artistic genres--changes in the concept and aesthetics of music / Martha Brech -- Musical education and the new media--the current situation and perspectives for the future / Bernd Enders. |
Language |
English text. |
Subject |
Music and technology -- Congresses.
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Music and technology. |
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Electronic music -- Congresses.
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Electronic music. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic music.
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Subject |
Music -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Music -- 20th century -- Philosophy and aesthetics -- Congresses.
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Music. |
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International Committee for the History of Technology. |
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Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics. |
Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Added Author |
Braun, H.-J. (Hans-Joachim), editor.
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International Committee for the History of Technology.
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Symposium ICOHTEC (23rd : 1996 : Budapest, Hungary)
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Added Title |
Music and technology in the 20th century |
ISBN |
392399785X |
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9783923997855 |
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