A History Of Electronic Music

The Hammond Organ and Novachord. This part covers two early Hammond instruments, the famous organ and the less well known synthesizer, the Novachord. Features music from 1940 to 1969 by Ethel Smith, Jimmy Smith (no relation) and the TV series The Twilight Zone.

The uses of a theremin. Part 2 is all about the theremin, it's early use in classical music and later in film music. Featured music includes Free Music #1 by Percy Grainger (one of the earliest examples of purely electronic music), and music from the films Spellbound (Miklos Rozsa) and The Day the Earth Stood Still (Bernard Herrmann). Spans the years 1929 to 1957.

The early electronic instruments. This part covers the early electronic instruments, the telharmonium, the trautonium and the ondes martenot and features music from 1930 to 1947 by Paul Hindemith, Olivier Messiaen and others.