|
|
Article: Electronic and Computer Music.(Book Review)
- Article from:
- Notes
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2005 Music Library Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Electronic and Computer Music. By Peter Manning. Revised and expanded ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. [x, 474 p. ISBN 0-19-517085-7. $35.00.] Bibliography, illustrations, discography, index, photos.
No other genre of music has experienced such expansion, in terms of both mechanics and craft, as electroacoustic music has in its approximately 100 year history, a history as much about the developing technology as it is about the music itself. As director of the electroacoustic music studio at the University of Durham, Peter Manning has the background and experience that enables him to provide a thoughtful and thorough account of electroacoustic music, ...