Interpreting the synthesizer : meaning through sonics.
Wilson, Nick.
Interpreting the synthesizer : meaning through sonics. - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, (c)2020. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Contributors -- Index
This volume examines the synthesizer's significance for music and culture, with a range of contributors providing historical, musicological, practical and theoretical perspectives.The synthesizer as an instrument has evolved rapidly over the last 50 years, conveying different meanings in musical culture at various times in its history. For example, post-punk and new wave acts used synths to signify their embrace of futurism and modernity. Earlier psychedelic bands used the instrument to sonically represent mind expansion while prog acts signposted their lineage to the classical avant-garde. Te.
9781527559110
Synthesizer (Musical instrument)--History.
Musicology.
Electronic Books.
ML1092 / .I584 2020
Interpreting the synthesizer : meaning through sonics. - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, (c)2020. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Contributors -- Index
This volume examines the synthesizer's significance for music and culture, with a range of contributors providing historical, musicological, practical and theoretical perspectives.The synthesizer as an instrument has evolved rapidly over the last 50 years, conveying different meanings in musical culture at various times in its history. For example, post-punk and new wave acts used synths to signify their embrace of futurism and modernity. Earlier psychedelic bands used the instrument to sonically represent mind expansion while prog acts signposted their lineage to the classical avant-garde. Te.
9781527559110
Synthesizer (Musical instrument)--History.
Musicology.
Electronic Books.
ML1092 / .I584 2020