Sonic Art & Sound Design- P4:Sonic art is a new art form, or rather, forms. As we shall see, it can encompass a wide range of activities, perhaps wider than almost any other art form. It is an unusual case, based upon a medium that has traditionally been regarded as inferior and subservient to other creative or expressive forms. | TIMELINE Valdemar Poulsen invents the Telegraphone - the first magnetic recorder Lev Termen Leo Theremin develops the Theremin Talking pictures - premiere of The Jazz Singer see First commercial radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh USA see Invention of the jukebox Russolo writes the Art of Noises manifesto see 1920 1925 Electrically recorded disks appear Abbey Road Studios open First concert of Intonarumori in Milan see ALJOLSON JAZZ SINGER 1898 1906 1913 1914 1927 1931 1933 The Edison Multiphone - the forerunner of the jukebox 14 15 ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENTS Robert Beyer and Werner Meyer- Eppler propose electronic music The LP record is marketed by Columbia Pierre Henry and Pierre Schaeffer found the Groupe de Recherche de Premiere of John Cage s 433 given by David Tudor see Karlheinz Stockhausen composes Kontakte Musique Concrète see 1935 1947 1948 1949 1951 1952 I 1958 1959 West Deutsche Rundfunk opens electronic music studio in Cologne Pierre Schaeffer creates early Musique Concrète work Étude aux chemins de fer see Edgard Varèse s Poeme Électronique multimedia work at Brussels World Fair see pp. 30-31 AEG Magnetophon - the first practical tape recorder premiered at Berlin Radio Fair see The stereo record is marketed The video recorder is developed by Ampex TIMELINE Robert Moog develops the Moog synthesiser Cybernetic Serendipity exhibition brings computer art to the UK public The laserdisk is announced by Sony 1963 1964 1965 The Beatles release Revolver 1968 1969 1972 1966 Steve Reich composes tape works Come Out and It s Gonna Rain see The audio cassette is announced by Philips 1967 The Beatles release Sgt Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band John Cage creates HPSCHD a five-hour multimedia work French president Georges Pompidou initiates IRCAM under the direction of Pierre Boulez 16 .
