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| Musique Concrète: Techniques and Use in Rock | ||
| This site offers some examples of tape manipulation in musique concrète with information on the tape decks used and quotes from members of the Beatles and others about how these techniques were used in progressive rock of the 1960s. ( http://csunix1.lvc.edu/~snyder/em/mc.html ) | ||
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| EMF Media: Pierre Schaeffer | ||
| This site chronicles the start of musique concrète in France with the work of Pierre Schaeffer. It includes sound files of two of his works; Etude aux Chemins de Fer (Railroad Study) and Symphonie pour un Homme Seul (Symphony for One Man Alone). ( http://www.emfmedia.org/artists/schaeffer.html ) | ||
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| Edgard Varèse: The Father of Electronic Music | ||
| This site offers a good biography of Varèse, with links to comments by Frank Zappa, photos, and other materials. ( http://csunix1.lvc.edu/~snyder/em/varese.html ) | ||
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| BBC Edgard Varèse | ||
| This BBC site includes biographical information, links to other resources about Varèse, and sound files of Ameriques and Deserts for orchestra. ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/profiles/varese.shtml ) | ||
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| Varèse: The Rage and the Fury | ||
| This Frank Zappa site presents biographical information on Varèse along with photos and lots of sound files from various works. ( http://www.zappa.com/MUSIC/varese.html ) | ||
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| Poème électronique | ||
| This site offers a look at the score to Varèse's famous composition Poème électronique as well as some nice photos. ( http://www.zakros.com/mica/soundart/f02/varese.html ) | ||
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| Ellen Taaffe Zwilich | ||
| This music publisher's site offers a biography and list of works by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, who is one of today's leading composers and a faculty member at Florida State University. ( http://www.presser.com/Composers/info.cfm?Name=ELLENTAAFFEZWILICH ) | ||
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| Robert Moog | ||
| This site chronicles the life of Robert Moog, whose synthesizer had a huge impact on classical and popular music of the twentieth century and was featured in the music of the Beatles and the films of Stanley Kubrick, among others. ( http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2000/04/25/moog/ ) | ||
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| Electronic Music Timeline | ||
| This site offers a helpful timeline that traces the history of synthesized music from 2800 B.C. to the 1980s. ( http://www.mtsu.edu/~dsmitche/rim419/history/history.html ) | ||
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