Focus Rock: Noise

Make a joyful noise: the development and
importance of noise elements in popular and
experimental music of the 20th and 21st century.
Noise has always been a part of music, if desired
or not. But over time noise elements stopped
being just an add-on and became the center focus
of many new styles. This class will follow the
development of noise throughout the 20th century
into the 21st. We begin in the early 20th century
with the Italian Futurists and follow the
development through the decades looking at
emerging noise elements in 20th century
avant-garde music, rock, pop and electronic
music. A strong focus will be on late-20th/early
21st century styles like Industrial Music, Japan
Noise, and Electronica, which fully embrace noise
and make it their main artistic creative element.