This a list inspired by two new books Grant announced
on his list. This also includes the book I announced
here about 6 weeks ago. This list is not complete,
just a few things to get some of you started.
--Shemp
Electronic Music Pioneers by Ben Kettlewell
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1931140170/002-079/104-2548703-2529569
Electronic and Experimental Music by Thom Holmes
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415936446
::::: This is the one I mentioned. This is the 2nd
edition which came out June of this year.
Modulations: A History of Electronic Music: Throbbing
Words on Sound by Iara Lee, Peter Shapiro (Editor),
Simon Reynolds
http://www.amazon.com/exec/ASIN/189102406X
::::: I am not a big fan of this book, but the CD that
was released at the same time is pretty good and the
video is really good.
Electric Sound: The Past and Promise of Electronic
Music by Joel Chadabe
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0133032310
:::: The current standard overview of the history of
electronic music. Not perfect, but very good.
Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog
Synthesizer by Frank Trocco and Trevor Pinch
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0674008898
Vintage Synthesizers: Pioneering Designers,
Groundbreaking Instruments, Collecting Tips, Mutants
of Technology by Mark Vail
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0879306033
::::: The US bible of synths. Not perfect but very
good. A lot of this you have already read in
Keyboard.
All Music Guide to Electronica: The Definitive Guide
to Electronic Music (All Music Guide to Electronica,
2nd Ed) by Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen
tho Erlewine and John Bush
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0879306289
::::: If you like big listings of music, this is your
book!
The Ambient Century: From Mahler to Trance: The
Evolution of Sound in the Electronic Age by Mark
Prendergast
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1582341346
::::: This is a big book that spans a lot more than
ambient. A bit difficult to read and follow at times,
but a great find for anyone looking to read everything
they can about the genre.
The Mellotron Book by Frank Samagaio
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1931140146
The Music Machine: Selected Readings from Computer
Music Journal by Curtis Roads (Editor)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262680785
::::: Select articles from 1980-1985.
Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage (Music in American
Life) by Albert Glinsky and Robert Moog
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0252025822
The Rock Synthesizer Manual: A Revised Guide for the
Electronic Musician by Geary Yelton
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0914283251
::::: Dude!
Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond by Michael Nyman
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521653835
Talking Music: Conversations With John Cage, Philip
Glass, Laurie Anderson, and Five Generations of
American Experimental Composers by William Duckworth
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0306808935
Magic Music from the Telharmonium by Reynold H.
Weidenaar
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0810826925
The Sackbut Blues: Hugh Le Caine, Pioneer in
Electronic Music by Gayle Young
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0660120062
Music and the Power of Sound: The Influence of Tuning
and Interval on Consciousness by Alain Danielou
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0892813369
Keyboard and Electronic Musician Subscriptions
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005UMOW
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005N7R2
::::: Amazing what you can buy on Amazon!
Future Music and Sound on Sound
::::: Amazon does not have subs to UK mags
Keyboard Presents the Hammond Organ: Beauty in the B
by Mark Vail
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0879304596
Keyfax Omnibus by Julian Colbeck
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0918371082
::::: Out of print.
Synthesizers and Computers (Keyboard Synthesizer
Library) by Bob Moog
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881882917
::::: Out of print. I can only guess why it was
never reprinted and I have never heard of it
before....
Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques, and Controls by
Allen Strange
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0697036022
::::: THE BIBLE. PERIOD! This book is still being
reprinted although Amazon doesn't carry it.
ISBN 0697036022
May 1, 1983
Published by McGraw Hill College
List price $34.50
It is actually published by their higher education
division, Primis. The easiest way to get it is to
give them a call. Fortunately they are just down the
street from me and I got the first copy of the current
reprint before Allen even got his. The codings for
the font for the index and info page were messed up,
but I got them to create errata sheets to include with
the reprint.
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