Q1: Lesson 4 | Electronic and Chance Music Flashcards
uses an electronic device such as amplifier
electronic music
uses the sound of nature
chance music
were used to reproduce existing music and for public performances instead of producing a new song
electronic musical instruments
is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the thereminist
theremin
inventor of the theremin
leon theremin
an early electronic musical instrument that with played with a keyboard by moving a ring along a wire creating weavering sounds
ondes musicales
a player of the ondes martenot
ondist
electronic organ invented by laurens hammond and john harent
hammond organ
inventor of the hammond organ
laurens hammond and john m. harent
various models have been produced most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds
hammond organ
music that uses tape recorder
musique concrete
purpose of electronic music
to processing, such as recording and editing on tape
he was considered an innovative french born composer
edgar varese
he pioneered and created new sounds that bordered between music and noise
edgar varese
he invented the term organized sound
edgar varese
what did edgar verese invent
organized sound
he is the center figure in the realm of electronic music
karlheinz stockhausen
it refers to a style wherein the piece always sounds different at every performance because of the random technique of production
chance music
father of chance music
jon milton cage jr.
a pioneer of indeterminary in music electroacoustic music and non-standard use of musical instruments
john milton cage jr.
what is cage’s famous composition
four minutes and thirty-three seconds
one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde
john milton cage jr.
critics have lauded him as one of the most influential composers of the 20th century
john milton cage jr.
