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9783865607065

Sound in Z: Experiments in Sound and Electronic Music in Early 20th Century Russia

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  • ISBN13:

    9783865607065

  • ISBN10:

    3865607063

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2013-06-30
  • Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $38.00

Summary

Sound in Zsupplies the astounding and long-lost chapter in the early story of electronic music: the Soviet experiment, a chapter that runs from 1917 to the late 1930s. Its heroes are Arseny Avraamov, inventor of Graphic Sound (drawing directly onto magnetic tape) and a 48-note scale; Alexei Gastev, who coined the term "bio-mechanics"; Leon Theremin, inventor of the world's first electronic instrument, the Theremin; and others whose dreams for electronic sound were cut short by Stalin's regime. Drawing on materials from numerous Moscow archives, this book reconstructs Avraamov's "Symphony of Sirens," an open-air performance for factory whistles, foghorns and artillery fire first staged in 1922, explores Graphic Sound and recounts Theremin's extraordinary career-compiling the first full account of Russian electronic music.

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