Events in music

Teleharmonium Created

Jan 13, 1887

invented by Thaddeus Cahill. Weighed 7 tons

Dynamophone Goes Public

May 10, 1906

First public preformance of the dynaophone also known as the teleharmonium created by Thaddeus Cahill.

acustic noise generators

May 10, 1914

Luigi Russolo and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti give the first concert of Futurist music, complete with 'intonarumori' (acoustic noise generators) in Milan.

record manipulation

Aug 10, 1922

Darius Milhaud experiments with record manipulation to create music.

Theremin

Jun 10, 1924

Lev Termen (Léon Theremin) completes the Aetherophone (later named the Theremin).

Ondes Martenot

Apr 9, 1928

Maurice Martenot builds the Ondes Martenot (first called the Ondes Musicales).

Electronicly generated sounds

Dec 31, 1928

Paul Hindemith and Ernst Toch experiment with electronically generated sounds at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin which took an early decision to facilitate a research program in the manipulation of phonograph records.

Trautonium

Oct 25, 1930

Friedrich Trautwein completes the Trautonium

Rhythmicon for Henry Cowell

Oct 27, 1931

Léon Theremin completes the Rhythmicon for Henry Cowell who commissioned it - a machine to play musical rhythms with the same relationships as the overtone series.

Variophone

Aug 10, 1932

Yevgeny Alexandrovitch Sholpo develops the Variophone, using sound waves drawn onto transparent 35mm film to control the generation of sounds via photo-electric cells

Hammond Organ

Jun 3, 1937

Laurens Hammond develops the Hammond Electric Organ.

Electroni Sackbut

May 10, 1947

Hugh Le Caine begins developing the Electronic Sackbut electronic instrument.

tape recorder

May 10, 1952

GRM creates the a three-head tape recorder permitting the synchronization of three tapes, the first synchronized polyphonic multitrack playback.

MIDI DEVELOPED

Jul 12, 1980

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

First Lapt Top Orchestra

Jul 10, 2002

Huddersfield experimental laptop orchestra. First one in the world.