A valuable resource for the history of the telharmonium, a 200-ton musical behemoth that was intended to replace orchestral music at the beginning of this century.
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Reynold Weidenaar is Associate Professor of Communication at William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.
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Poignant story of a musical pioneer,
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This review is from: Magic Music from the Telharmonium (Hardcover)
If you are interested in the story of Cahill and his mammoth musical instrument, the Telharmonium, you will find this book to be the most authoritative source of information on this fascinating invention and it's ignoble end. Weidenaar reconstructs the story of Cahill's invention from a myriad of documents and interviews, and truly shows the inventors vision and persistence in the face of ultimately insurmountable obstacles over a course of many years. Based on the authors Phd, this book is somewhat scholarly and many pages are taken up with appendices and bibliography. Regardless, it is a fascinating read for anyone interested in the early origins of electronic music to see how an inventor could manage to implement such a concept at the turn of the century before the advent of true electronics. I personally found it fascinating to see how a system invented before 1900 predated many modern concepts of music synthesis and distribution, and I saw similarity between the Telharmonium venture and many hi-tech startups of the modern age. Thaddeus Cahill was truly a man before his time, and Weidenaar's book provides Cahill with the recognition he has deserved for many years.
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patent agent, musical broadcasting, Théodor Puskás, personal estate, electric music company, music electrically, electrical music, ordinal letter, telephone concerts, singing arc, expression devices, dynamic manual, residing temporarily, equal temperament, seventh harmonic Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Thaddeus Cahill, New York, Telharmonic Hall, Magic Music, Commissioner of Patents, Patent Office, Office of the Secretary of State, Music Trade Review, Electrical World, Holyoke Daily Transcript, Musical Age, Hilton Jackson, Musical Courier, Type-Writing Machine, New-York Daily Tribune, Edwin Hall Pierce, The First Telharmonium, Preview Concerts, The First Season, Jersey City, Margaret Eleanor Cahill Schwartz, New Jersey, Preliminary Paper, Notary Public, James Edward Pierce Browse Sample Pages:
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The history of American invention is often told as glamorous tales of the inevitable. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
patent agent, musical broadcasting, Théodor Puskás, personal estate, electric music company, music electrically, electrical music, ordinal letter, telephone concerts, singing arc, expression devices, dynamic manual, residing temporarily, equal temperament, seventh harmonic Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Thaddeus Cahill, New York, Telharmonic Hall, Magic Music, Commissioner of Patents, Patent Office, Office of the Secretary of State, Music Trade Review, Electrical World, Holyoke Daily Transcript, Musical Age, Hilton Jackson, Musical Courier, Type-Writing Machine, New-York Daily Tribune, Edwin Hall Pierce, The First Telharmonium, Preview Concerts, The First Season, Jersey City, Margaret Eleanor Cahill Schwartz, New Jersey, Preliminary Paper, Notary Public, James Edward Pierce Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer by Trevor Pinch in Back Matter
- Electronic Music Pioneers by Ben Kettlewell in Back Matter
- Music and Technology in the Twentieth Century by Hans-Joachim Braun on page 19
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