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This file updated 26 November 2005

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You can find an excellent music-and-recording history timeline at (Error 500 - can't connect): http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/notes.html

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1890

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1891

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1892: Tchaichovsky's ballet The Nutcracker Suite premieres in St. Petersburg, Russia.

1893

1893: Constant Pierre, Les Facteurs D'instruments de Musique, les Luthiers, et La Facture Instrumentale: Precis Historique. Paris, 1893.

You can find an excellent music-and-recording history timeline at: http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/notes.html

1894

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1895

1895: P. Rougnon, Pianos et Pianistes. Paris, 1895.

1896: Alfred J. Hipkins, A description and history of the pianoforte. London, 1896.

1897

1897: Electronic music: Partial beginning of experiments with electronic music instruments as Thaddeus Cahill builds world's first electric synthesizer, which he calls, Telharmonium. It generates sinusoidal tones and has a 36-note per-octave keyboard. (See file for 1923)

You can find an excellent music-and-recording history timeline at: http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/notes.html

1898

1898: Oscar Bie, The Pianoforte and Pianoforte Players. Munich, 1898. (Das klavier und seine Meister) Translated, London, 1899.

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1899

The late 1890s - And a major innovation! New Orleans drummer Dee Chandler attaches a drum beater to a foot pedal so he can strike his bass drum using his foot. The arrival of the bass drum foot pedal as so-much-used later for rock and roll!
item submitted by HoTM co-founder Ed Matzenik, who asks, "How influential was this?!" So far he can't find an exact date for the innovation - but we're working on it - Ed)

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