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Special Sound - The Creation and Legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,913
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Special Sound - The Creation and Legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (Hardcover): Louis Niebur

Special Sound - The Creation and Legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (Hardcover)

Louis Niebur

Series: Oxford Music/Media Series

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Special Sound traces the fascinating creation and legacy of the BBC's electronic music studio, the Radiophonic Workshop, in the context of other studios in Europe and America. The BBC built a studio to provide its own avant-garde dramatic productions with experimental sounds "neither music nor sound effect." Quickly, however, a popular kind of electronic music emerged in the form of quirky jingles, signature tunes such as Doctor Who, and incidental music for hundreds of programs. These influential sounds and styles, heard by millions of listeners over decades of operation on television and radio, have served as a primary inspiration for the use of electronic instruments in popular music.
Using in-depth research in the studio's archives and papers, this book tells the history of the many engineers, composers, directors, and producers behind the studio to trace the shifting perception towards electronic music in Britain. Combining historical discussion of the people and instruments in the workshop with analysis of specific works, Louis Niebur creates a new model for understanding how the Radiophonic Workshop fits into the larger history of electronic music.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Series: Oxford Music/Media Series
Release date: November 2010
First published: October 2010
Authors: Louis Niebur (Assistant Professor of Music)
Dimensions: 237 x 162 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-536840-6
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Television
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Music recording & reproduction
Books > Music > Music recording & reproduction
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LSN: 0-19-536840-1
Barcode: 9780195368406

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