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Thaddeus Cahill patented the telharmonium in 1897. This instrument lead electronic music into popularity in America.
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The Wurlitzer would overtake the telharmoniums fading populartiy and become a phenomenon in 1910.
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In 1920, Leon Theremin invented the Etherphone, later called the Theremin, which was one of the biggest innovations at the time. This was a unique instrument with an equally unique sound.
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The Ondes Martenot was very similar to the Theremin. It gave out a similar sound, but allowed more control of the timbre.
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The Hammond Organ was invented byLaurens Hammond and was built to mimic the sound of a pipe organ but was much smaller and more practical.
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Paul Hindemith recorded "Trickaufnahme" using two turntables and a microphone.
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Musician Les Paul invented the solid body electric guitar.
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Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry created the first piece of musique concrète, "Étude aux chemins de fer."
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This was the first song strictly composed by a computer.
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Max Mathews was the first to synthesize music on a computer.
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The Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center was the first electronic music studio in the US.
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The RCA Mark II was the first programmable sound synthesizer and was designed by Herber Belar and Henry Olson.
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Robert Moog invented the Moog Synthesizer which was the first comercially available synthesizer.
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MIDI, Musical Instrument Digital Interface, was introduced and allowed electronic instruments and computers to communicate.
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The first laptop orchestra was founded at Princeton University by Dan Trueman and Perry Cook.
