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120 Years of Electronic Music

The history of electronic music from 1800 to 2015

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The 'Beauchamp Synthesiser' or 'Harmonic Tone Generator' James Beauchamp, USA, 1964
The 'Wave Organ'. Frank Morse Robb. Canada. 1927
The 'Composer-tron' Osmond Kendall. Canada, 1951
Bell Labs Hal Alles Synthesiser, Hall Alles, USA, 1976.
The 'Novachord' Laurens Hammond, John Hanert & C.N.Williams. USA, 1939
The 'Syn-ket' (or 'Synthesiser-Ketoff'). Paolo Ketoff & John Eaton, Italy. 1963.
'Graphic 1' William H. Ninke, Carl Christensen, Henry S. McDonald and Max Mathews. USA, 1965
'Hanert Electric Orchestra' John M Hanert, USA, 1945
The 'Ondium Péchadre' Henri Camille Robert Péchadre. France, 1929

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- 1981: Sogitec 4X
- 1981: Yamaha GS1& GS2

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The singing arc

The singing arc effect; playing the Telharmonium through carbon arc lamps

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The singing arc

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Published inThe ‘Singing Arc’ William Duddell, UK, 1899

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