Episode 139

Chapter 01, What is Electronic Music? Recommended Works from Electronic and Experimental Music

This podcast is produced as a companion to my book, Electronic and Experimental Music, published by Routledge. Each of these episodes corresponds to a chapter in the text and an associated list of recommended works, also called Listen in the text. They provide listening examples of vintage electronic works featured in the text.

The works themselves can be enjoyed without the book and I hope that they stand as a chronological survey of important works in the history of electronic music. Be sure to tune-in to other episodes of the podcast where we explore a wide range of electronic music in many styles and genres, all drawn from my archive of vintage recordings.

Playlist

Time

Track Time*

Start

Introduction –Thom Holmes

01:16

00:00

Pierre Schaeffer, Cinq Études De Bruits Étude Violette (1948). Example of musique concrète.

03:25

01:16

Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry, Bidule en Ut (1950). Example of musique concrète.

02:11

04:36

Herbert Eimert, Klangstudie I (1952). Example of elektronische music.

03:57

06:46

Herbert Eimert and Robert Beyer, Klang Im Unbegrenzten Raum (1952). Example of elektronische music.

10:33

10:40

Karlheinz Stockhausen, Studie I (1953-54). Example of elektronische music.

10:00

20:59

Karlheinz Stockhausen, Gesang Der Jünglinge (1955-56). Example of electroacoustic music.

13:40

30:28

Else Marie Pade, Symphonic Magnetophonique (1958). Example of electroacoustic music.

19:28

43:38

Edgard Varèse, Poème Électronique (1958). Example of organized sound.

08:08

01:02:54

Max Mathews, Numerology (1960)

02:45

01:11:05

Daphne Oram, Four Aspects (1960). Example of Oramics or electroacoustic music.

08:15

01:13:36

Henri Pousseur, Trois Visage de Liège (1961). Example of electroacoustic music.

17:54

01:21:44

James Tenney, Collage No.1 (Blue Suede) (1961). Example of electroacoustic music.

03:27

01:39:32

Delia Derbyshire, Falling (1964). Example of radiophonic music.

08:45

01:42:58

Ann Hamilton, Mantle (1998). Example of sound art.

32:09

01:51:39

Additional opening, closing, and other incidental music by Thom Holmes.

My Books/eBooks: Electronic and Experimental Music, sixth edition, Routledge 2020. Also, Sound Art: Concepts and Practices, first edition, Routledge 2022.

See my companion blog that I write for the Bob Moog Foundation.

For a transcript, please see my blog, Noise and Notations.

Original music by Thom Holmes can be found on iTunes and Bandcamp.