ekectrinic music Flashcards
The phonograph, invented by ____ in ___.
Thomas Edison in 1887
was a device that could record and reproduce sounds
phonograph
Oscillators, invented in the ____.
1920s
were able to create sound waves known as sine, square, and sawtooth waves
Oscillators
_____ were invented in Germany in World War II.
Tape recorders
Some 20th-century composers spliced and put together different tape recordings to create _______.
tape music
no add tone / harmonics
fundamental frequency (lowes freq to produce any instrument)
sine waves
____ odd harmonics
____ even and odd harmonics
add harmonics
square and sawtooth
Theremin - was invented by _______ in _______.
Russian scientist Leon Theremin in 1920.
hand movements sa ibabaw, detected by antenna, unique, controlled by the performer without physical contact
Theremin
Theremin have to antennas what are the purpose of vertical and horizontal antennas?
vertical - pitch
horizontal - volume
both analog and digital.
Synthesizers
invented para mapagsama ang sound gen and sound modifier
Synthesizers
RCA Mark II Sound Synthesizer was invented in
1955
meaning of RCA
Radio Corporation of America
_____, Robert Moog turned RCA into a more compact unit.
1960s
compact unit means?
mas precise, maliit or easier
piano style keyboard
made a system to communicate both machine using MIDI or “musical instrument digital interface
Dave Smith and Ikutaru Kakehashi
MIDI meaning
“musical instrument digital interface
In ___, French composers Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry created tape collages
1948
In 1948, French composers __________ created _____
Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry created tape collages
sound effects, musical fragments, vocalizations, and other sounds that are produced by man and the environment
Musique Concrete
(Symphony for One Man Only) 1950
“Symphonie pour un homme seul”
Pierre Henry created _____ in 1953
“Orphee”
ballet ni Maurice Bejart
Orphee
Karlheinz Stockhausen - ___________ ( ___)
“Gesang der Junglinge” (Song of Youth) in 1956
a 12-year old soprano.
Karlheiz Stockhausen
Kontakte in ___
1959
Telemusik in _____
1966
death of karlheiz
2007
pinaghalo ng sine waves and 12 yrs old soprano
Tape music
Italian electronic music composer
Luciano Berio
_________ (1958; Homage to Joyce)
Thema-Omaggio a Joyce
Homage to Joyce
1958
Visage (____).
1961
The voice of ____ was used by Luciano Berio
Cathy Berberian
American experimental music composer
John Cage
“Imaginary Landscape No. 1” _____
1939
“Switched-on Bach” and “The Well-Tempered Synthesizer”
Wendy Carlos
The Beatles - _____
“Abbey Road”
1968’s
“Revolution 9”