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Fill in the blanks with the correct answers.
1. The Phonograph was a device invented by Thomas Edison that could record
and reproduce sounds.
2. The Theremin is an instrument that uses antennas to produce sounds by
picking up movements from a performers hands.
3. The first piano-style synthesizers were created by Robert Moog
4. French composers Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry created tape collage
compositions called Musique Concrete which manipulated recordings of
sounds created by man and the environment.
5. "Gesang der Junglinge" was composed by Karlheinz stockhausen.
6. "Visage" was composed by Luciano Berio
7. John Cage's Imaginary Landscape No.1 is considered the forerunner of
modern live electronic music.
8. Give an example of synthesizer music created by Wendy Carlos. The Well-
Temper Synthesizer
9. The was the first sound synthesizer ever created. RCA Mark II Sound
Synthesizer
10.The universal digital language used to link synthesizers is called MIDI .

Write True if the statement is correct, and False if the statement is incorrect.
1. False The phonograph inspired the start of the music recording industry.
2. False "Switched-on Bach" was created by Luciano Berio.
3. True Tape music was one of the most used mediums for electronic music.
4. True Sound produced by oscillators were considered usable in Musique
Concrete.
5. False Moog synthesizers used knobs and switches instead of the piano-style
keyboard.