BBC Radiophonic Workshop's BBC Radiophonic Workshop - A Retrospective

In 1958, an anonymous group of overworked and under-budgeted BBC employees set out to make some new...
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Author: William L. Weir
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Language: English
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BBC Radiophonic Workshop's BBC Radiophonic Workshop - A Retrospective by Weir, William L.

BBC Radiophonic Workshop's BBC Radiophonic Workshop - A Retrospective

$33.85

BBC Radiophonic Workshop's BBC Radiophonic Workshop - A Retrospective

$33.85
Author: William L. Weir
Format: Paperback
Language: English

In 1958, an anonymous group of overworked and under-budgeted BBC employees set out to make some new sounds for radio and TV. They ended up changing the course of 20th-century music. For millions of people, the work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop was the first electronic music they had ever heard. Sampling, loops, and the earliest synthesizers-long before audiences knew what they were-made up the groundbreaking scores for news programs, auto maintenance shows, and children's programming. They also produced the Doctor Who theme, one of the first electronic music masterpieces.

The Beatles, Pink Floyd, and others borrowed from them. A generation of musicians raised on BBC programming-Aphex Twin, Portishead, and Prodigy among them-took these once-alien sounds and carried on the Workshop's legacy. Ignored for decades by music historians, the Workshop is now recognized as one of the most influential forebears of electronica, psychedelia, ambient music, and synth-pop.

Author: William L. Weir
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 05/04/2023
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.11lbs
Size: 6.55h x 4.89w x 0.39d
ISBN: 9781501389153

About the Author
William L. Weir lives in Connecticut and writes regularly about music and the history of music technology. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Slate, The Boston Globe, Hartford Courant, and other publications.

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