Electronic Music Electronic Music 1 Electronic Music 2 ________________________________________________________________________________ Electronic Music 1 MU471 undergradute registration MU571 graduate registration Fall Semester 2010 MU471 Credit: 2. Prerequisite: MU451 Music History 5 MU571 Credit: 1. Prerequisite: Music History 4 (review or proficiency) Instructor: Mike Frengel mfrengel@bostonconservatory.edu   Course Objectives This course exposes students to the history of electroacoustic music from the early works of the 1940s to the present day. A range of important sub-genres will be surveyed from both an historic and aesthetic perspective and students will examine the musical and technological developments and key figures that have influenced the evolution of electroacoustic music. This course requires extensive listening and analysis of representative works to ensure students have the opportunity to acquire a clear understanding of the music in question. Areas of Study • Electronic Music – The Background to 1945 • Paris and Musique Concrète • Cologne and Elektronische Musik • The 1960’s: Tape Works, Live Electronics, and the Voltage-Controlled Synthesizer • Computer Music (algorithmic, stochastic, spectralism, tuning, mapping processes, etc). • Acousmatic Music • Mixed Works: Live instruments and electronics Textbooks Required texts are available online from www.textbookx.com ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER MUSIC Peter Manning Oxford University Press, 2004 ISBN: 9780195170856 Recommended ELECTRIC SOUND: THE PAST AND PROMISE OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC Joel Chadabe Prentice Hall, 1996 ISBN: 9780133032314 ________________________________________________________________________________ Electronic Music 2 MU472 undergradute registration MU572 graduate registration Spring Semester 2011 MU472 Credit: 2, Prerequisite: MU471 Electronic Music 1 MU572 Credit: 1, Prerequisite: MU571 Electronic Music 1 Instructor: Mike Frengel mfrengel@bostonconservatory.edu   course information coming soon ______________________________________________________________________ back to top