ATS2878 · Audio culture: The history of electronic music

Overview

In this unit, you explore the history of electronic music, from early experiments with phonographs at the end of the nineteenth century to contemporary electronic dance music. You investigate the important concepts and innovations that led to the development and adoption of tools for electronic music composition, recording and performance worldwide. We examine the influence, and eventual establishment, of electronic music genres within Western Art music, popular music, noise, improvisation, experimental music and jazz, and frame these within the political and philosophical climates of the cultures where they feature.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Analyse and explain the social and historical developments that have informed the development of electronic music
2. Identify and evaluate the tools and styles of electronic music from the twentieth century to today
3. Utilise collaborative and academic research skills to communicate research findings in a range of formats.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.