Electronic and computer music / Peter Manning.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Manning, Peter, 1948-
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Edition: Rev. and expanded ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: x, 474 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

The background, to 1945 -- Developments from 1945 to 1960 -- Paris and musique concrete -- Cologne and electronische musik -- Milan and elsewhere in Europe -- America -- New horizons in electronic design -- The voltage-controlled synthesizer -- The electronic repertory from 1960 -- Works for tape -- Live electronic music -- Rock and pop electronic music -- The digital revolution to 1980 -- The foundations of computer music -- From computer technology to musical creativity -- The microprocessor revolution -- The characteristics of digital audio -- MIDI -- 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 -- Desktop synthesis and signal processing -- Personal computers and sound processing -- Music workstations and related computing architectures -- The expanding perspective -- Performance controllers -- New horizons in synthesis and signal processing software.