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- 1Stockhausen1928-2007
Controversial but viewed as a visionary
Composed 370 works
Used synthesis for increasingly complex compositions whose sonic parameters were defined by compositional "rules"
Hated regular repetition of soldiers walking past his house as a teen
Importance of post-1945 context and the rebuilding of European music
Founded WDR studio
Studied with Schaeffer but they didn't get on that well
Liked serialism
Influenced by Webern and Freud - 2The FuturistsBelieved in human technology triumphing over nature
War = form of hygiene
Initially anarchists but became fascists
Misogynistic
Themes: aestheticising of speed, tech and violence - 3Trevor Wishart1946
Transforms recognisable sounds to produce "myth-like" narratives
Links to surrealist art and morphing techniques in cinema
Explores virtual landscape to convey cultural/social/political meaning
Has written software for things - 4Luc Ferrari1929-2005
Developed anecdotal electronic music - 5Herbert EimertA composer involved in the emergence of electronic music
- 6Ermer Meyer-EpplerA phoneticist involved in the emergence of electronic music
- 7Robert BeyerGuy from WDR involved in the emergence of electronic music.
- 8Bell labsNew Jersey
Investigated digital speech transmission for the military and determined the relationship of sampling rate and bit depth to fidelity in order to try and reconstruct degraded messages through algorithms.
Mapped voltage pattern of analogue signal to sequence of integer values. - 9John ChowningInvented FM synthesis. This lead to the creation of the Yamaha DX-7. He also realised computer music programmes in collaboration with Max Matthews.
- 10Max MatthewsRealised computer music programmes
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