From: Droski, M. Ted (Ted.Droski_at_visiting-nurse.org)
Date: 2004-07-12 15:31:44
120 Years Of Electronic Music (update v3.0)
http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/
This site charts the development of electronic musical instruments from
1870 to 1990. For the purposes of this project electronic musical
instruments are defined as instruments that synthesise sounds from an
electronic source. This definition leaves out a whole section of hybrid
electronic instruments developed at the end of the last century that
used electronics to manipulate or amplify sounds and tape recorders/
Musique Concrete, it has been decided to leave in some non electronic
instruments such as the Futurists "Intonarumori" due to their importance
in the history of modern music.
The main focus of the site is on instruments developed from the
beginning of the century until the 1960's. The more modern and current
Synthesiser companies have been included for the sake of 'historical
completeness' but are already well documented elsewhere on the internet,
a comprehensive set of links are provided.
Work currently (2004)in progress is a section documenting audio
synthesis software from 1950 to 2004
'120 Years Of Electronic Music' is an ongoing project and the site will
be updated on a regular basis. Most of the sections have been updated in
this revision and a links page and bibliography have been added.