MUS 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Electroacoustic Music, Minimoog, Synthesizer
Document Summary
Invention of magnetic tape gave composers the ability to save and manipulate musical recordings: was the basis for a brand-new genre tape music. Tape music style of music based around the use and manipulation of recorded sounds. Recorded sounds could be manipulated in a number of ways: composers could play them: Composers began making very complex works of art in the 1940s: john cage, also known for pioneering chance music, was one of the early visionaries of tape music. Can cut it up in 8 segments and can mix it together in any. Experimental ideas such as rhythm, melody, and harmony. Where musique concrete made use of natural sounds found in the world, music in the. While some electronic music was seeing use in the main public view, other composers continued the process of writing avant-garde music. Influencing ideas in the electronic music was the idea of minimalist composition. Minimalist music style of writing that uses limited musical material.
