American Music TimelinePart IV: The Twenties by David Johnson 1900 1920 1922 1924 1925 1927 1928 Next: 1930-1960 Circa 1920 West 28th St. in New York City becomes center of popular music…
American Music TimelinePart VI: The 1960s by David Johnson 1961 1963 1964 1965 1968 1969 Next: 1970-present 1961 Country singer Patsy Cline becomes mainstream popular (pop) music hitTop…
A Musical InterludeMovies and FilmFilm: Sound in MoviesA Brief History of Sound in MoviesBring on Da Noise: Synchronous and Nonsynchronous SoundSound Effects and Their FunctionsA Musical…
Music to the EyesWriting WellPicture This: DescriptionHelp Is on the Way!Make a Deposit in the Idea BankTake the PlungeColor My WorldMusic to the EyesTools of the TradeAn Affair to Remember Writing…
(Encyclopedia) electronic music or electro-acoustic music, term for compositions that utilize the capacities of electronic media for creating and altering sounds.
Initially, a distinction must be…
(Encyclopedia) computer music, term used to describe music composed or performed with the aid of a computer. The first substantial piece of music composed on a computer was the Illiac Suite (1956) by…
(Encyclopedia) country music, American popular music form originating in the Southern and Western United States. Country music is directly descended from the folk songs, ballads, and popular songs of…
(Encyclopedia) aleatory musicaleatory musicāˈlēətôrˌē [key] [Lat. alea=dice game], music in which elements traditionally determined by the composer are determined either by a process of random…
