About Electroacoustic Music: From the Beginning until Our Days

Abstract

In this article, we will follow the development of electroacoustic music. This article focusses especially on the instruments that contributed to the apparition of this genre of music, starting with the beginnings, before the twentieth century. This will help us understand the evolution of musical instruments and how important they are when it comes to making music. What is more fascinating about electro acoustic music will be presented in the article, focusing on some of the pioneers of this type of music, and how electro acoustic music turned into what nowadays we call techno music. Also, we will follow the development of the instruments used back in the days to the processor which we use in the creation of electronic music.

Keywords

• electroacoustic, technology, musique concrète, Theremin.