BBC Radiophonic Workshop's BBC Radiophonic Workshop - A Retrospective

by William Weir and William L. Weir

In 1958, an anonymous group of overworked and under-budgeted BBC employees set out to make some new sounds for radio and TV. They ended up changing the course of 20th-century music. For millions of people, the work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop was the first electronic music they had ever heard. Sampling, loops, and the earliest synthesizers-long before audiences knew what they were-made up the groundbreaking scores for news programs, auto maintenance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501389157
• ISBN13: 9781501389153
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 6.5"