Music 6: History of Electronic Music
Test 2: Study Guide
You will need to be familiar with the following musical examples:
Moondog: Invocation
Terry Riley: A Rainbow in Curved Air
La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela: Dreamhouse
Éliane Radigue: Trilogie de la Mort: Kyema
Tangerine Dream: Zeit
Isao Tomita: Snowflakes Are Dancing: Reverie
Brian Eno: Music for Airports (Ambient 1)
Laraaji: Celestrana
Suzanne Ciani: Seven Waves: Fifth Wave
Halim El-Dabh: The Expression of Zaar 1944
Pierre Schaeffer: Étude Pathetique1948
Bill Buchanan & Dickie Goodman: The Flying Saucer 1955
Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (album)
Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force: Planet Rock 1982
Carter Family: Can't Feel at Home
Woody Guthrie: I Ain't Got No Home In This World 1938
James Tenney: Collage #1 (Blue Suede) 1961
John Oswald: Plunderphonics 1989
The Jubalaires: Preacher and the Bear (1941)
Sugarhill Gang: Rapper's Delight (1979)
Chic: Good Times (1979)
These tracks are often sampled. Please familiarize yourself with them:
James Brown: Funky Drummer (Clyde Stubblefield) 1970
Incredible Bongo Band: Apache 1970s
Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back: Bring the Noise
Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force: Planet Rock 1982
Babe Ruth: The Mexican
Kraftwerk: Trans-Europe Express
Kraftwerk: Numbers
Sugarhill Gang: Rapper's Delight
You will need to be familiar with the following subjects:
Minimalism (in music)
Static, Ambient, and Drone Music
Sampling (in music)
The Copyright Act of 1976
Appropriation Art
Plunderphonics
Robert Moses and the Cross-Bronx Expressway
Why the 1920s led to cultural revolution
Musique Concrète
The Break-in
Breakbeats
Merry-go-round
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