Special Sound: The Creation and Legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

by Louis Niebur

Special Sound traces the fascinating creation and legacy of the BBC's electronic music studio, the Radiophonic Workshop, in the context of other studios in Europe and America. The BBC built a studio to provide its own avant-garde dramatic productions with experimental sounds "neither music nor sound effect." Quickly, however, a popular kind of electronic music emerged in the form of quirky jingles, signature tunes such as Doctor Who, and incidental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019536841X
• ISBN13: 9780195368413
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"