Electronic Music Pioneers

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Excellent, Well Researched Book! - Rated
The book provides excellent descriptions of historic electronic instruments as well as some terrific interviews with pioneering giants like Bob Moog, Tom Oberheim, Serge Teraphin, Don Buchla and Klaus Schulze. Meticulous attention is given to important historic information and the book includes a wonderful timeline going back over a hundred years to Elisha Gray and his electric telegraph. This is as close as you can get to personally being there when the instruments were first invented. Likely the best of eight electronic music books on my shelf.

Electronic Music Pioneers - Rated
Not much to say on this one, primarily because there is such little content here.
He opening chapter which lists principle characters in the history of electronic music is good as it includes the rarely mentioned or known.
The interviews with Schultz, Roach, Ciani, Sterns etc are thin with little to grab the imagination.
The book closes with a reasonably good glossary and that’s it.
Fine for those like me who tend to buy anything to do with electronic music but not the best volume on the subject.