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MTC191 - Electronic Music

An introduction to producing music with Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) configurations consisting of computers, printers, synthesizers, and other compatible MIDI instruments.

Quote from Karlheinz Stockhausen

And when they encounter works of art which show that using new media can lead to new experiences and to new consciousness, and expand our senses, our perception, our intelligence, our sensibility, then they will become interested in this music. -- Karlheinz Stockhausen

 

Class Textbook: Electronic and Experimental Music : Technology, Music, and Culture

History of Electronic Music

The Musical Times,Vol. 112, No. 1541 (Jul., 1971), pp. 649-650

How Electronic Music Began Author(s) by Herbert Eimert
The Musical Times,Vol. 113, No. 1550 (Apr., 1972), pp. 347+349

Early Electronic Music Instruments: Time Line 1899-1950 by Curtis Roads 
Computer Music Journal,Vol. 20, No. 3 (Autumn, 1996), pp. 20-23