Pre–conference Concert
Sixty years of Computer Music
Thursday Sep. 28, 19:30
Sala Delmira Agustini, Teatro Solís
Buenos Aires and Bartolomé Mitre ➜
Commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of MUSIC, the first computer program for the synthesis of sound and music, written by Max Mathews at Bell Laboratories in 1957, the Electronic Music Studio (Estudio de Música Electroacústica — eMe) presents a concert with historical pieces, and compositions by two of the fathers of computer music: John Chowning and Jean–Claude Risset.
Program
The Silver Scale [1957]
Newman Guttman
Numerology[1960]
Max V. Mathews
Variations in Timbre and Attack[1961]
John R. Pierce
Bicycle Built for Two[1961]
Max V. Mathews
Study N°1[1961]
David Lewin
Analog # 1: Noise Study[1961]
James Tenney
Trio[1965]
Ercolino Ferretti
Sud[1985]
I.
II.
III.
Jean–Claude Risset
Stria[1977]
Eight channel version, reconstructed by Kevin Dahan [2007]
John Chowning
The program in PDF format can be downloaded following this link.