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BY electronic music is meant the electrical reproduction of musical tones through loudspeakers, the actuating currents either having a purely electrical origination, or, if arising from a musical source, depending essentially on electronic means for their control and amplification, thereby leaving the musical designer free to make experiments which are not limited by the necessity of making adequate acoustic power.
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HUGHES, L. Electronic Music. Nature 145, 170–174 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145170a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145170a0