When you listen to music on the radio in your car or on your iPod, it is very likely that you are listening to some form of electronic music. For example, genres like pop or rap often use electronic sounds. Electronic music plays a role in the majority of what we listen to today. However, you may be wondering: where does it come from? What led him to leave the humble studios equipped with primitive machines, to escape the harsh criticism of those who preferred more classical methods of composition? If you are looking for the very beginnings of electronic musical instruments, you will find yourself in France in 1759. It is here that Jean-Baptiste Delaborde created the Electric Harpsichord. This instrument worked similarly to a carillon, except that it used electricity to vibrate the bells which, in turn, played the desired sound (Crab). Nearly a century and a half later, Thaddaeus Cahill assembled a set of multi-ton Edison dynamos to create the Dynamaphone. Cahill was able to control the sound of this instrument by changing the speed at which the dynamos operated; the sound of his instrument, however, was transmitted by telephone wire (Hass). These inventions were just the first stepping stones on electronic music's path to global fame. In 1930, the tape recorder was invented, allowing musicians to record and edit the sounds they heard in real life (Hass). Additionally, musicians are able to string together several different sounds to create rhythms and melodies through tape stitching: cutting out pieces from a recording and then attaching them to another length or recorded tape . Of course, the instruments that created what we can consider "real" electronic music were oscillators. These devices...... middle of paper ......decades to come will be amazed by the history made in our time? Indeed, just as time has told us for the aforementioned composers and studios, so will time. Works cited History of electronic music: Bibliography Hass, Jeffry. “Historical Overview of Electronic Music” Historical Overview of Electronic Music. Np, and Web. April 10, 2014. Crab, Simon. “Electric Harpsichord” 120 years of electronic music. Np, and Web. April 10, 2014. Crab, Simon. “MUSIC N” 120 years of electronic music. Np, and Web. April 10, 2014. Sword, Harry. “A brief history of the beginnings of electronic music” Little white headphones. Np, June 6, 2012. Web. April 11, 2014.Elsea, Peter. “Analog tape recorders” Analog tape. University of California Electronic Music Studio, nd Web. April 13, 2014 “A Brief History of the Synthesizer” Logic 9 Express Instruments. Apple Inc., 2009. Web. April 13. 2014.