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