The Electronic Century
Some nice reflections and history by Joel Chadabe – composer, author, interactive music systems pioneer and president of the Electronic Music Foundation. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of electronic music, in this four part series published by Electronic Musician, Chadabe explores the instruments, artistic ideas, business concepts, musicians and entrepreneurs, and technical breakthroughs of the century—from the first technological achievements to the synthesizers of tomorrow.
The Rangertone was an early tape recorder developed by Colonel Richard Ranger, who played a key role in bringing German recording technology to the United States at the end of World War II.
The focus throughout the series is on the technologies that have been used by musicians to expand on the resources available in traditional, acoustic instruments. Each article documents important musical compositions that have employed these technologies and provides a reference list of texts about this first era of electronic music technology.
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