Preface

Part I. Early History—Predecessors and Pioneers (1874 to 1960)

1. Electronic Music Before 1945

2. Early Electronic Music in Europe

3. Early Electronic Music in the United States

4. Early Electronic Music in Japan

Part II. Analog Synthesis and Instruments

5. Tape Composition and Fundamental Concepts of Electronic Music

6. Early Synthesizers and Experimenters

7. Principles of Analog Synthesis and Voltage Control

8. The Voltage-Controlled Synthesizer

9. The Evolution of Analog Synthesizers

Part III. Digital Synthesis and Computer Music

10. Early Computer Music (1953 to 1985)

11. The Microprocessor Revolution (1975 to 1990)

12. Principles of Computer Music

13. The Evolution of Computer Music Instruments and Software

Part IV. The Music

14. Classical and Experimental Music

15. Live Electronic Music and Ambient Music

16. Rock, Space Age Pop, and Turntablism

Pioneering Works of Electronic Music

Notes

Glossary

Index