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English Electronic Music: Delve into the Digital Archives by Futurelearn
Explore the history of English electronic music, while mastering techniques and approaches in digital music archiving.
Course Highlights
- Explain and critique the dominant ideologies that shaped electronic music in the 20th century
- Assess electronic music to determine its structural forces and the techniques that shape its expression
- Compare and contrast Roberto Gerhard’s approach to electronic music to that of other major practitioners of the time and his connections to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
- Identify and explain the main concerns in digitally archiving fragile, analogue materials
- Assess the contribution archives make to our understanding of history
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
5 Topics
Welcome
France and the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (or the GRM)
Germany and the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (or the WDR)
Other Electronic Music Studios
Week 1 Roundup
5 Topics
Techniques of electronic music
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Tristram Cary & RCM Studios
The lost voices of English electronic music
Week 2 Roundup
5 Topics
The person
The composer
Gerhard's electronic music
A 'Third Way'
Week 3 Roundup
5 Topics
An overview of archiving
Converting from Analogue to Digital
The digital archive
Discoveries in the archive
Week 4 Roundup
English Electronic Music: Delve into the Digital Archives
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