Part 1: Electronica
Answer the following question:
Define Electronica.
Part 2: Chance Music
On the internet or your phone, listen to ONE the following examples of antecedents of electronica. Those
composers used totally electronic sounds, taped small segments of sounds, and wrote music in fragments.
They would often leave the order of performance up to the performer, and this would change from
performance to performance. This is known as the chance of music.
Karlheinz Stockhausen, “Mikrophonie”
Milton Babbitt, “Ensembles for Synthesizer”
John Cage, “Imaginary Landscape No. 1”
Edgar Varese, “Poeme Electronique”
• After listening to your selection, answer the following questions in a word document:
Define the musical term: Chance Music.
Share a brief biography of the composer that you chose.
What is the date that the original music was written? What is the date that this original recording was
made/released?
Are sequencers and loops used in these recordings? If so, how?
What was your favorite thing about the performances/recordings?
What emotions did the performances/recordings make you feel when you heard it?
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