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Digitologie muzicală: Istoria instrumentelor electronice (partea I: 1750-1925)
Musical Digitology: The History of Electronic Instruments (part I: 1750-1925)

Author(s): Ripa Constantin, Vlad Tudor Eniu
Subject(s): Music
Published by: MediaMusica
Keywords: history; technology; instruments; electricity

Summary/Abstract: The discovery of electricity determined the greatest technological leap in mankind’s history. The entire contemporary civilization owes almost everything to electric power. The formation of the conscience of using electric power goes back to the 17th century, but its use was accomplished in the 19th century, when the electric bulb and the telephone were invented. It is therefore all the more surprising that the idea of building musical instruments powered by electricity had appeared a century earlier

  • Issue Year: III/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 69-74
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English