EXPLORATIONS

There is so much information available on E-Music these days that we can consider ourselves fortunate! The problem is that it is disparate and difficult to locate even on the WWW. These links, readings and other materials are merely a beginning. It is hoped that this course will encourage deeper and more prolonged study of those areas which interest you. These materials, combined with the webs included on the two CDROMS will provide a starting point for further research. In your travels on the WWW, should you find interesting and compelling links that you think should be included here please e-mail them to me. Enjoy!

UNIT ONE

Foundations

Websites:

Glossary from ELECTRONICMUSIC.COM

Research Guide for Electronic Music from the University of Oregon
Electronic Music Interactive from the University of Oregon
Bibliography on synthesizers, Midi, Computer and Electronic Music
History of Electronic Music Timeline - from MTSU
A Non-linear Timeline
Thaddeus Cahill and the Telharmonium

 

CDROM II:
120 Years of Electronic Musical Instruments (CDROM browseable web)

 

Readings:
The Listening Immagination by Denis Smalley (.pdf) - ON CDROM I
Electric Sound by Joel Chadabe - Chapter 1 (course text)

 


UNIT TWO

The Art of Noises and Musical Futurism

Websites:
Luigi Russolo and the Art of Noises
The Art of Noises - Luigi Russolo - Futurist Manifesto (CDROM I)
Manifesto of Futurist Musicians - Ballila Pratella (CDROM I)
Futurism - The Index of Manifestos (CDROM I)

 

CDROM II:
120 Years of Electronic Musical Instruments (CDROM browseable web)

 

Readings:
Electric Sound by Joel Chadabe - Chapter 2 (course text)
100 Years of EM Part I - The Pioneers - Joel Chadabe (.pdf) ON CDROM I

 


 

UNIT THREE

Musique Concrete and Early Tape Music

Websites:

Karlheinz Stockhausen Interview - The Wire

Stockhausen Web
John Cage Interview - The Wire
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Pierre Schaeffer Interview
Pierre Schaeffer Article
Pierre Henry Interview
Edgard Varese - online presentation
Luciano Berio
History of the Experimental Music Studios at U of I

 

CDROM I:
Electronic Music - History - Snyder (CDROM - browsable web)
CDROM II:
120 Years of Electronic Musical Instruments (CDROM - browseable web)

 

Readings:
Electric Sound by Joel Chadabe - Chapter 3 (course text)
The State of Musique Concrète - Michel Chion (.pdf) ON CDROM I
100 Years of EM Part II - Tales of the Tape - Joel Chadabe (.pdf) ON CDROM I

 


UNIT FOUR

Tape Music and Early Synthesizers

Websites:
Karlheinz Stockhausen by David Paul
Stockhausen - Kandell
Stockhausen at 70, Through the Looking Glass
Hugh Le Caine
Big Briar Music - Robert Moog
Donald Buchla
Wendy Carlos
Mills Tape Music Center
Morton Subotnick
Pauline Oliveros Deep Listening
Oliveros Web

 

CDROM I:
Electronic Music - History - Snyder (CDROM - browsable web)
CDROM II:
120 Years of Electronic Musical Instruments (CDROM - browseable web)

 

Readings:
Electric Sound by Joel Chadabe - Chapter 4 and 5 (course text)

 


UNIT FIVE

The Reign of the Synthesizer

Websites:
Brian Eno Interview - The Wire
EnoWeb
Music Machines - Hyperreal.com

 

CDROM I:
Electronic Music - Synthesis - Snyder (CDROM - browsable web)
CDROM II:
120 Years of Electronic Musical Instruments (CDROM - browseable web)

 

Readings:
Electric Sound by Joel Chadabe - Chapter 6 and 7 (course text)
100 Years of EM Part III - Computers and Analog Synthesizers
- Joel Chadabe (.pdf) ON CDROM I

 


UNIT SIX

Computer Music Foundations

Websites:
Iannis Xenakis Biography - Boosey and Hawkes
The Xenakis Interview - The Wire
Iannis Xenakis Bibliography and Discography
John Chowning
Max Mathews
Jean-Claude Risset
International Computer Music Association
Wave of the Future - Early Computer Music

 

Readings:
Electric Sound by Joel Chadabe - Chapter 8 and 9 (course text)

 


UNIT SEVEN

Advanced Computer Music

Websites:
The CSound FrontPage
Max Mathews
AT&T Rock Sound Science
Harmony Central Computer Music Resources
Computer Music Journal
CCRMA at Stanford
Computer Music Links from the Sibelius Academy in Finland

 

Readings:
Electric Sound by Joel Chadabe - Chapter 10 and 11 (course text)
100 Years of EM Part IV - The Future - Joel Chadabe (.pdf) ON CDROM I

 


BEYOND

The Cutting Edge and Post-Millennial Futurism

Websites:
The Electronica Primer
Hyperreal Music Archive
Modulations - The Film
Ambient Interactive
The Late Train - Bay Area Dance Culture
Reverb - Detroit Techno
A Pre-history of Industrial Music
ESTWEB Index
Index of Electronic Publications re: new electroacoustic music and culture
Ambient Music Information Archive
Jtronic - Electronic Music Online Listening
Mindsets
Ambience for the Masses
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Advice to Clever Children
Bjork in Conversation with Stockhausen
Bjork Web
Stockhausen's New Morphology of Musical Time - C. Koenigsberg
Society for Electroacoustic Music in the United States

 

Readings:
Electric Sound by Joel Chadabe - Chapter 12 (course text)