On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 07:22:04 -0700 Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 3:25 AM Dave Phillips <dlphillips@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> >> Although honestly I'd probably credit Satie for the "invention" of ambient >> music. :) >> > >We have: > > 1) the term "ambient", indisputably coined by Eno > > 2) the general style "ambient", indeed arguably coined by Satie (though >one might suggest that Debussy and the other more mainstream impressionists >had something to do with it). There's also works like "in a Landscape" by >John Cage (for piano) that clearly predate Eno's work but embody most of >the same elements. > > 3) Harold Budd, who didn't like the term "ambient" and didn't want his >music labelled that way Interesting. This this a whole new world I was unaware of :o -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
