Holger
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Posted: Aug. 03 2007, 05:24 |
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Quote (Ugo @ Aug. 03 2007, 01:32) | @ Holger:As far as I know, music that's generated only with electronic instruments is usally referred to as 'electronic music' and not as 'classical music', as it is commonly considered a sub-genre of classical music. |
It is a "subgenre" of classical music in the same way that orchestral music, chamber music, or opera are.
Quote | Wendy (Walter?) Carlos |
It's Wendy Carlos.
Quote | the Theremin is usually considered (at least here in Italy) a 'pop' instrument. |
From Wikipedia: "Classical composers who have written for theremin include Bohuslav Martinů, Dmitri Shostakovich, Percy Grainger, Christian Wolff, Mortimer Browning, Anis Fuleihan, Joseph Schillinger, David Simons, Mark Steven Brooks, Olga Bochihina, Caspar Johannes Walter, Alan Hovaness, Edgar Varese, Nicolaus Richter de Vroe, Michael Hirsch, Juliane Klein, Vladimir Nikolaev, Moritz Eggert, Iraida Yusupova, Robert C. Ehle, John Haussermann, Friedrich Wilckens, Isidor Achron, Jorge Antunes, and Vladimir Komarov."
Quote | Also, according to one Encyclopedia of Music I've got, the era from 1400 to 1600, and the music written in that era, was the first to be called 'classical'. |
As far as I know, that era is commonly referred to as the "renaissance" period these days. It's possible that people called it "classical" back then though.
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