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Mixed music

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The term Mixed music describes music combining acoustic instruments and fixed-media electronics (e.g concrete sounds, sound-file playback etc)[1] and/or real-time electronic instrumental transformations; in other words, music which combines acoustic-instrumental and electronic sounds sources, not including electrically amplified instruments, such as the electric guitar and electronic instruments such as the theremin, electronic organs & keyboards, etc. Mixed music is therefore a subcategory of electronic music.[2] While this term may be applied to many genres, the it generally refers to contemporary classical music and, is therefore distinct from live electronic music.

The term Mixed music is probably a calque of the French musique mixte.[3]

History

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Significant early works

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Associated institutions & significant works

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A number of institutions have been key in the evolution of technologies pertinent to the creation of mixed music:

Suggested further reading

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  • Puckette, Miller The Theory and Technique of Electronic Music, May 23, 2007; World Scientific Publishing Company (978-9812700773)
  • Schaeffer, Pierre In Search of a Concrete Music, January 8, 2013; University of California Press (978-0520265745)

References

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  1. ^ Landy, Leigh (2007) Understanding the Art of Sound Organization, pp.154-155.
  2. ^ Collins, Karen; Kapralos, Bill; Tessler, Holly (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Interactive Audio. Oxford University Press. p. 302.
  3. ^ Lecrenier, Philippe. "Musique mixte, à la frontière des genres".