Holmes, Thom <br/><br/>
Electronic and experimental music :  Pioneers in technology and composition / 
Thom Holmes. 
 - Second edition. 
 - xii, 322 pages :  illustrations, portraits ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes discography. 
<br/><br/> Early history - predecessors and pioneers (1874 to 1960) --  Electronic music before 1945 --  Early electronic music in Europe --  Early electronic music in the United States --  Early electronic music in Japan --  Analog synthesis and instruments --  Tape composition and fundamental concepts of electronic music --  Early synthesizers and experimenters --  Principles of analog synthesis and voltage control --  The voltage-controlled synthesizer --  The evolution of analog synthesizers --  Digital synthesis and computer music --  Early computer music (1953-85) --  The microprocessor revolution (1975-90) --  The principles of computer music --  The evolution of computer musical instruments and software --  The music --  Classical and experimental music --  Live electronic music and ambient music --  Rock, space age pop, and turntablism --  Pioneering works of electronic music.  Part I.  1.  2.  3.  4.  Part II.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  Part III.  10.  11.  12.  13.  Part IV.  14.  15.  16. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415936438 9780415936439 0415936446 9780415936446 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Electronic music--History and criticism<br/>Avant-garde (Music)
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>781.69