{"product_id":"electronic-inspirations-technologies-of-the-cold-war-musical-avant-garde-9780190868208","title":"Electronic Inspirations: Technologies of the Cold War Musical Avant-Garde","description":"For a decimated post-war West Germany, the electronic music studio at the WDR radio in Cologne was a beacon of hope. Jennifer Iverson's \u003cem\u003eElectronic Inspirations: Technologies of the Cold War Musical Avant-Garde\u003c\/em\u003e traces the reclamation and repurposing of wartime machines, spaces, and discourses\u003cbr\u003einto the new sounds of the mid-century studio. In the 1950s, when technologies were plentiful and the need for reconstruction was great, West Germany began to rebuild its cultural prestige via aesthetic and technical advances. The studio's composers, collaborating with scientists and technicians, \u003cbr\u003ecoaxed music from sine-tone oscillators, noise generators, band-pass filters, and magnetic tape. Together, they applied core tenets from information theory and phonetics, reclaiming military communication technologies as well as fascist propaganda broadcasting spaces. The electronic studio nurtured\u003cbr\u003ea revolutionary synthesis of science, technology, politics, and aesthetics. Its esoteric sounds transformed mid-century music and continue to reverberate today. Electronic music--echoing both cultural anxiety and promise--is a quintessential Cold War innovation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Iverson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/27\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190868208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJennifer Iverson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a scholar of twentieth-century music, with a special emphasis on electronic music, avant-gardism, and disability studies. Jennifer's work crosses freely between music theory, musicology, sound studies, and cultural history, drawing together analysis, archival research, and\u003cbr\u003eintellectual discourse. Her articles appear in journals such as \u003cem\u003eMusic Theory Spectrum\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of the American Musicological Society\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003etwentieth-century music\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMusic Theory Online\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2015-16 she was a faculty fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center and now teaches at the University of Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40078470709363,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e497bcf2-933d-49ca-bd3a-75bef024eca7.jpg?v=1652191086","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/electronic-inspirations-technologies-of-the-cold-war-musical-avant-garde-9780190868208","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}