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  2. List of classical music composers by era - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of classical music composers by era. [1] [2] [3] [4] With the exception of the overview, the Modernist era has been combined with the Postmodern ...

  3. Dates of classical music eras - Wikipedia

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    Some of the terms, such as "Renaissance" and "Baroque", are borrowed from Western art history. [1] Approximate dates can be assigned to the beginning and ending of each of these eras, which can be useful in describing changes in taste and to estimate the style of a work composed in a particular year.

  4. Music technology - Wikipedia

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    This 2009 photo shows music production using a digital audio workstation (DAW) with multi-monitor setup.. Music technology is the study or the use of any device, mechanism, machine or tool by a musician or composer to make or perform music; to compose, notate, playback or record songs or pieces; or to analyze or edit music.

  5. History of music - Wikipedia

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    "But that music is a language by whose means messages are elaborated, that such messages can be understood by the many but sent out only by the few, and that it alone among all language unites the contradictory character of being at once intelligible and untranslatable—these facts make the creator of music a being like the gods and make music itself the supreme mystery of human knowledge."

  6. Timeline of audio formats - Wikipedia

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    A Digital Compact Cassette Digital, 1 ⁄ 8 inch wide tape, 1 + 7 ⁄ 8 in/s, introduced by Philips and Matsushita in late 1992, marketed as the successor to the standard analog compact cassette WAV (file format) Digital. Named after the waveform created by a sound wave. Dolby Digital Cinema Sound Digital. Also known as Dolby Stereo Digital ...

  7. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart - Wikipedia

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    Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG; "Music in the Past and Present") is a German music encyclopedia. It is among the world's most comprehensive encyclopedias of music history and musicology, on account of its scope, content, wealth of research areas, and reference to related subjects.

  8. List of electronic music genres - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of electronic music genres, consisting of genres of electronic music, primarily created with electronic musical instruments or electronic music technology.A distinction has been made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. [1]

  9. Studio for Electronic Music (WDR) - Wikipedia

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    Because Höller had worked at IRCAM, he was especially familiar with the latest digital equipment, and one of tasks was to bring the studio out of the analog era by re-equipping it for digital technology. [30] In 1997, Wolfgang Becker-Carstens retired from his position as director of the WDR new-music department and administrative head of the ...