120 Years of Electronic Music

120 Years of Electronic Music documents the development of electronic musical instruments from 1870 to 1990 – although the main focus is on instruments being developed from the beginning of the twentieth century to 1960. Electronic musical instruments are defined here as “instruments that synthesise sounds from an electronic source”. Hybrid electronic instruments from the end of the nineteenth century are left out of this definition and some non-electronic instruments (for example, the Futurists’ ‘Intonarumori’) have been included, since it was thought that they were important in the historical development of modern music. The website lists the instruments chronologically, with the inventor, country of origin and date beside each one. Links take the user into more detailed information about each instrument. Some sound samples are included.