Week 5: September 29—October 5, Phelps 207
Monday: Synthetic Electronic Music
Readings:
- Sound Unbound: Articles 21, 33
- Further suggested reading in a history of electronic music: On-line: T. Holmes: Chapter 6, pp. 134—146. To view these articles, log in to smb://unison.yu.yale.edu/content server, using your NetID and password. Then go to: Music 295a Course Materials: Readings
- Herbert Eimert
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- La Monte Young
- Richard Maxfield
- Otto Luenig
- Vladimir Ussachevsky
DUE: Assignment 1 (Wave Editor and Frequecy)
Wednesday: Dance Music Roots and Theory
Readings:
- Snoman: Dance Music Theory. (pp. 28—47)
- Donna Summer
- The Salsoul Orchestra
- Chic
- Gloria Gaynor
- Bee Gees
- Sylvester
- ABBA
- Village People
- Walter Murphy
- Kraftwerk
- Tangerine Dream
- Klaus Schulze,
- Brian Eno
- King Tubby
- Lee Perry
- Kool Herc
- Franics Grosso
- Larry Levan
Lab Session 1 Hours TBA, YalMusT Lab, Studio B16A, 143 Elm Street
Editing, splicing and exporting loops in RadiaL
Reading: RadiaL manual