Interpreting the synthesizer : meaning through sonics.

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Author / Creator:	Wilson, Nick.
Imprint:	Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Synthesizer (Musical instrument) -- History. Musicology. Musicology. Synthesizer (Musical instrument) History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13585747

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ISBN:	9781527559110 1527559114 1527550028 9781527550025
Summary:	This volume examines the synthesizer's significance for music and culture, with a range of contributors providing historical, musicological, practical and theoretical perspectives. The synthesizer as an instrument has evolved rapidly over the last 50 years, conveying different meanings in musical culture at various times in its history. For example, post-punk and new wave acts used synths to signify their embrace of futurism and modernity. Earlier psychedelic bands used the instrument to sonically represent mind expansion while prog acts signposted their lineage to the classical avant-garde. Te.
Other form:	Print version: Wilson, Nick. Interpreting the Synthesizer : Meaning Through Sonics. Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, ©2020 9781527550025

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