History of electronic music: good reading and viewing?

[dag2099]

In these forums there are a few useful threads:

What are you listening to?

As the title says, what music is everyone listening to? Genres, artists, etc… What’s in your album collection? Not necessarily just Rack stuff, but other stuff too. I’ll start with some of my favourite artists: ~Jean-Michel Jarre, a classic in the electronic world. My favourite track of his has to be “Last Rendez-Vous” partly because of the amazing Sop Sax, but also because of its now commemorative status for the Challenger Space Shuttle and crew ~Oolluu, an amazing proggy electronic trio ~S…

What are you Watching? (Educational)

In the spirit of the wildly popular What are you listening to? thread, I thought this could be a place to share any documentaries, lectures, talks, symposiums, demonstrations, etc that people found interesting. Anything educational goes. Okay I’ll start: This is a course titled “Learning to Learn”, lead by the late Richard Hamming at the US Naval Postgraduate School. Mr. Hamming made a number of important contributions in the fields of mathematics, computer science, and communications. The …

Also try these Youtube videos:

Lecture 1 [PARTE 1/4] Stockhausen Karlheinz - English Lectures (1972)

There are seven lectures in total.