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.