About Electroacoustic Music: From the Beginning until Our Days

Authors

  • Anca-Teodora PIEPTĂNATU National Academy of Music „Gh. Dima”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. E-mail: teodoraanca9@gmail.com

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2023.2.14

Keywords:

electroacoustic, technology, musique concrète, Theremin.

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.

Author Biography

Anca-Teodora PIEPTĂNATU, National Academy of Music „Gh. Dima”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. E-mail: teodoraanca9@gmail.com

Anca-Teodora PIEPTĂNATU was born in 2001 in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania. Her love for music started when she was 5 years old, the moment she fell in love with the violin. In 2007, Anca-Teodora Pieptănatu begun her musical studies at the local music school, “I. Șt. Paulian” Art Highschool, where she studied violin until 2013. From 2013, she continued her musical studies, but this time focusing on the pleasant sound of classical guitar. She graduated her high school in 2019, and in the same year she started studying music at “Gheorghe Dima” National Music Academy from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, where she graduated her bachelor studies in 2022. she continued with her Master studies at the same music Academy, nowadays being in her second year of Master.

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STUDIA UBB MUSICA, Volume 68 (LXVIII), No. 2, December 2023

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Published

2023-12-30

How to Cite

PIEPTĂNATU, A.-T. (2023). About Electroacoustic Music: From the Beginning until Our Days. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Musica, 68(2), 199–206. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2023.2.14

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Volume 68, No. 2, December 2023

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