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In this revised and expanded third edition of the classic text on the history and evolution of electronic and computer music, Peter Manning provides the definitive account of the medium from its birth to the present day. After explaining the antecedents of electronic music from the turn of the century to the Second World War, Manning discusses the emergence of early "classical" studios of the 1950s. He goes on to chronicle the upsurge of creative activity during the 1960s and 70s in the analog domain, as well as with live electronic music and the early use of electronics in rock and pop music. This edition contains new information about software innovations, digital media and the essential features of digital and audio control, the MIDI synthesizer and its many derivatives, and the evolution of computer workstations and multimedia personal computers. Manning offers a critical perspective of the medium both in terms of its musical output and the philosophical and technical features that have shaped its growth. Emphasizing the functional characteristics of emerging technologies and their influence on the creative development of the medium, Manning covers key developments in both commercial and the non-commercial sectors to provide readers with the most comprehensive resource available on this ever-evolving subject.

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• 1. The Background to 1945(p. 3)
• I. Developments from 1945 to 1960
• 2. Paris and Musique Concrete(p. 19)
• 3. Cologne and Elektronische Musik(p. 39)
• 4. Milan and Elsewhere in Europe(p. 68)
• 5. America(p. 74)
• II. New Horizons in Electronic Design
• 6. The Voltage-Controlled Synthesizer(p. 101)
• III. The Electronic Repertory from 1960
• 7. Works for Tape(p. 135)
• 8. Live Electronic Music(p. 157)
• 9. Rock and Pop Electronic Music(p. 168)
• IV. The Digital Revolution to 1980
• 10. The Foundations of Computer Music(p. 181)
• 11. From Computer Technology to Musical Creativity(p. 197)
• 12. The Microprocessor Revolution(p. 217)
• V. Digital Audio
• 13. The Characteristics of Digital Audio(p. 245)
• VI. MIDI
• 14. The Development of the MIDI Communications Protocol(p. 263)
• 15. From Analog to Digital: The Evolution of MIDI Hardware(p. 279)
• 16. From Microcomputer to Music Computer: The MIDI Dimension(p. 312)
• 17. New Horizons for MIDI-based Technologies(p. 329)
• VII. Desktop Synthesis and Signal Processing
• 18. Personal Computers and Sound Processing(p. 347)
• 19. Music Workstations and Related Computing Architectures(p. 361)
• VIII. The Expanding Perspective
• 20. Performance Controllers(p. 377)
• 21. New Horizons in Synthesis and Signal Processing Software(p. 386)
• 22. Conclusion(p. 401)
• Notes(p. 409)
• Bibliography(p. 423)
• Discography(p. 427)
• Index(p. 451)

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CHOICE Review

Manning (Univ. of Durham, UK) presents an in-depth history of electronic and computer music by tracing the technological developments that gave birth to it and governed its evolution. Beginning with early precursors, he masterfully chronicles advances such as voltage-controlled synthesizers, computer-generated sound synthesis, MIDI, and 21st-century digital audio workstations, to name just a few. The first edition (CH, Apr'86) appeared when many technologies now taken for granted were nascent or did not yet exist. Updated editions (1994, 2004, 2013) each cover much new territory. The author is a composer and teacher of electroacoustic music, but he does not purport to teach composition here. While he mentions important composers and pieces that exemplify technologies under discussion, he does not undertake a stylistic or aesthetic survey of repertory. Instead, he provides a remarkable breadth of scientifically oriented information for advanced students and practitioners in the field who need to understand how the current technological landscape came about. This new edition, along with the earlier editions, belongs in academic music research libraries as well as relevant science collections. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. D. Arnold University of North Texas

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Peter Manning completed a doctorate in electroacoustic music at the University of Durham, and has been the director of its Electroacoustic Music Studio since 1980