This article is a panorama of electronic music from the precursors of twentieth centuries' beginning to analog synthesizers of the 1970s. After a short introduction on musical languages of the 1970s, the author presents the historical phases in terms of a number of studios as well as the techniques of analog synthesis. A glossary of frequently used terms in electronic music completes this book.

Table of contents:

• Today's musical vocabulary
• A short history of electronic music
• The tape recorder as a musical instrument
• The electronic synthesis of sound
• Electronic music synthesizers (1)
• Electronic music synthesizers (2)
• Electronic music synthesizers (3) Appendix: in the studio