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The Early Years
In 1759, in France, when Jean-Baptiste de La Borde built the Clavecin Electrique, a keyboard instrument that employed static electrical charges to cause small metal clappers to hit bells. Clavecin Electrique -
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Musical Times 1759 - 1990
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The Early Years
In 1874, in the United States, when Elisha Gray invented the Musical Telegraph -
Theramin was Invented
Russian scientist, Leon Theremin invented this instrument -
Ondes Martenot
Used often in horror and science fiction movies along with other popular movies -
Magnetic tape recording technology
After WWII, musicians began to experiment -
The Electric Guitar
Les Paul invented the solid body electric guitar -
The Computer Age
Oldest Video Game music was made with a computer. -
Computer Age Early Years
Earliest recording of music performed by a computer was recorded in England. Songs were God Save the Queen, Baa Baa Black Sheep and In the Mood. -
Illiac Suite for String Quartet
First song strictly composed by a computer was written. -
Bell Labs Synthesize Music on a computer
Bell Labs engineer Max Mathews was the first to synthesize music on a computer. -
IBM mainframe computer sings Daisy Bell
Was made famous in the Stanley Kubrick movie 2001: Space Odyssey as the swan song of the dying computer HAL. -
Synthesizers
Very popular was the Milton Babbitt’s composition Ensembles for Synthesizer -
The Modern Synthesizers
Robert Moog made a modern synthesizer. This was called the Moog Synthesizers. This was popular when the Monkeys used it in their music -
Enter the Digital Age
John Chowning builds an Electronic keyboard – the Yamaha DX-7 -
Electronic Bands
Beatles and the Beach Boys began to use multitrack recording extensively, -
MIDI Language
A group of manufacturers including Roland, Yamaha, Korg, and Kawai got together to create a standard for MIDI (pronounced mi-dee), which is an acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface -
Electronic Music Composers
Mark Applebaum builds unique instruments called electroacoustic instruments.
