Electroacoustic music pre-1960: historicity and ideology

Abstract

A search for the antecedents of early electroacoustic music. An Illustrative survey of ideologies and methodologies pertinent to the development of electroacoustic music of three influential musicians of the period: Varese, Stockhausen and Schaeffer. Illustrative assessment of major works from these composers during this period. The musico-political situation and the tensions between the main protagonists. The impact of the technology of mass communication on the culture of the twentieth century and its musical appropriation.