MYE 5010E - History of Electronic Music
Course Objectives
1. To situate electronic music in the history of music and providing the students with a historical perspective on the emergence and trajectories of the genre,
2. Through select weekly readings and corresponding in-class discussions, to help students grasp the artistic and technological factors arising over the course of the 20th century that influenceelectronic music today,
3. Assisted by weekly audio-visual materials and related aesthetical discourse, to provide thestudents with a through knowledge of the electronic music repertoire
Course Description
An overview of electronic music from late 19th century to present day; through discussions of pioneering composers and past innovations in technology, in-depth analyses of the emergence and the evolution of the genre; milestone developments in electronic music studied from technical, social and aesthetic perspectives, following a chronological progression; lectures accompanied by a rich collection of audio, visual and textual sources.
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Course Coordinator
Emmanouıl Ekmektsoglou
Course Language
English
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