Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, 2013.
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Part of the series Artefacts : studies in the history of science and technology v. 8;Artefacts series v. 8.
Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Bellowphones and blowed strings : the auxeto-instruments of Horace Short and Chales Algernon Parsons / Aleksander Kolkowski and Alison Rabinovici — Artifacts in performance / Katy Price — Technology and authenticity : the reception of the Hammond organ in Norway / Frode Weium — Mimics, menaces, or new musical horizons? Musicians’ attitudes toward the first commercial drum machines and samplers / Sarah Angliss — The magentic tape recorder : recording aesthetics in the new era of schizophonia / Ragnhild Brøvig-Hanssen — Stockhausen meets King Tubby’s : the transformation of the stepped filter into a musical instrument / Sean Williams — The oramics machine and the origins of British electronic and computer music / Mick Grierson and Tim Boon — Musical instruments and user interfaces in two centuries / Tellef Kvifte — Austrian pioneers of electronic musical instruments / Peter Donhauser — New and rediscovered musical instruments rediscovered / David Toop.
• This eighth volume of the Artefacts series explores how material culture has affected music and sound. Technological innovations in music that were originally created to solve existing problems have ended up expanding the range of what can be done musically and changing the landscape of music. Boon and Weium present a collection of essays exploring technological innovations and their effects on musical culture. Contributors include composers, performers, musicologists, and scientists, providing diverse insights into the nature of music. With a foreword by renowned British producer Brian Eno, Material Culture and Electronic Sound examines what has happened because technology and music crossed paths [Publisher description]

Subjects:

• Electronic music — History and criticism.
• Electronic musical instruments — History.
• Music and technology.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast (OCoLC)fst01411635
• History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628

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