Electronic

Music
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A study shows that listening to music positively
affects people’s performance at the workplace,
enabling them to finish their tasks at a lesser
time than those who are not listening to music.

- The New York Times

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What is Electronic
Music?

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 Electronic Music is the process of
creating music using computers in
synthesizing or producing digital audio
signals.

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Composers

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 Edgard Victor Achille
Charles Varese
(1883 – 1965)
- Father of electronic music
Place your screenshot here - French composer but spent
most of his career and life
in USA.
- “organized sound”
- 50 musical compositions
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 Notable composition
 “Bourgogne” (Burgundy) – only one of
his early orchestral works to be
properly performed in his lifetime, but
caused a scandal/ riot.

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Karlheinz stockhausen
(1928 - 2007)
- One of the great visionaries
of the 20th century music
- Born in Cologne, Germany
- He developed his style of
Total Serialism.
- Stockhausen’s works total
around 31.
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 Notable compositions
 “Licht” (Light) – a seven-part opera
(one for each day of the week) for
gigantic ensemble of solo voices, solo
instruments, solo dancers, choirs,
orchestras, mimes and electronics.
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 Notable compositions
 Kontakte – A work that pushed the
tape machine to its limits
 Gruppen – A piece for three
orchestras that moved music
through time and space.
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 Seatwork
1. He was the proponent of the word
“organized sound”?

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 Seatwork
2. It is the process of creating music
using computers in synthesizing or
producing digital audio signals.

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 Seatwork
3. He developed his style of total
serialism.

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 Seatwork
4. It is a seven-part opera for gigantic
ensemble of solo voices, solo
instruments, solo dancers, choirs,
orchestras, mimes and electronics.

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 Seatwork
5. One of Varese’s early orchestral
works to be properly performed in his
lifetime, but caused a scandal/ riot.

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 Answer
1. Edgard Varese 5. Bourgogne /
2. Electronic Music Burgundy
3. Karlheinz
Stockhausen
4. Licht / Light
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Thank you

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