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Halim El-Dabh
- Halim El-Dabh (March 4, 1921 – September 2, 2017) was an Egyptian American composer and pioneer of electroacoustic music. In 1944 he composed one of the first works of tape music in Cairo exploring the possibilities of manipulating recorded sound.
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Electroacoustic music is a genre of popular and Western art music in which composers use technology to manipulate the timbres of acoustic sounds, sometimes by using audio signal processing, such as reverb or harmonizing, on acoustical instruments. [1]
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Sep 14, 2023 · Many people refer to Edgard Varèse as ‘the father of electronic music’. Born in Paris in 1883, he relocated to Berlin in 1907, meeting composers such as Strauss, Debussy and Satie, all of whom were impressed by his interest in new instruments, particularly electronic ones.
A brief history of early electronic music pioneers - from Luigi Russolo and his noise generating machines in the early 20th century to Karlheinz Stockhausen's 1950s electronic compositions and...
May 18, 2022 · Laurie Anderson, who has invented a dazzling array of novel instruments such as the tape bow violin (in collaboration with Bob Bielecki), a drum suit and glasses, and custom voice filters that...
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Feb 7, 2006 · Hugh Le Caine of the NRC was the most significant pioneer of electronic music in Canada through his design and construction of many specialized devices for composers and performers, including the first synthesizer, the Sackbut, in 1945.
Dec 22, 2023 · Electroacoustic music is a form of music that uses electronic and computer-generated sounds, as well as acoustic instruments, to create a new form of musical expression. One of the earliest pioneers of electroacoustic music was the French composer, Pierre Schaeffer, who founded the Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète (GRMC) in Paris in the ...
Sep 15, 2021 · The advancement of technology in the mid-twentieth century led avant-garde composers to use electronic devices to alter the sounds of acoustic instruments. This new style of music became known as electroacoustic.
