ABSTRACT
Electronic music is as American as the Broadway show, jazz, and rock and has a history comparable in time frame to these sister American musical arts. Its development has been as rigorous, whimsical, and energetic as most things distinctly American. Its styles are as diverse as the myriad of composers who have contributed to its literature. Of all forms of music that have flourished in this country, among both laypersons and professionals, electronic music may be the least understood and least widely recognized for the vital artistic and cultural statement its cumulative output represents.
