A New Aesthetic for a New Age:
Machines and Music
in the Twentieth Century
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Myles Jackson
History of Science, New York University-Gallatin
יום ב'5/16 /16 – שעה 18:00 – בנין גילמן, חדר 449
The early twentieth century witnessed the creation of new sounds generated by novel musical instruments creating a unique musical aesthetic with the assistance of physics and engineering. Engineers and physicists often collaborated with composers throughout the century with a view to broaden the musical landscape. This talk will start by discussing the human-machine relationship from the telharmonium in the early twentieth century and continue with the trautonium of the 1930s. It will conclude with the new aesthetic of the Moog Synthesizer, which revolutionized an entire genre of music.