VA - Music with Computers, Vol.13: The Historical CD of Digital Sound Synthesis (1995)

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Title: Music with Computers, Vol. 13: The Historical CD of Digital Sound Synthesis\
Year Of Release: 1995
Label: Wergo
Genre: Classical
Quality: APE (image+.cue)
Total Time: 47:14
Total Size: 216 Mb
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Tracklist:

01 – Newman Guttman - The Silver Scale, 1957 0:19
02 – Newman Guttman - Pitch Variations, 1957 1:00
03 – John R. Pierce - Stochatta, 1959 0:37
04 – Max V. Mathews - Numerology, 1960 2:30
05 – Max V. Mathews - The Second Law, 1961 3:27
06 – Max V. Mathews - Bicycle Built For Two, 1961 1:44
07 – David Lewin (2) - Study No. 1, 1961 1:36
08 – David Lewin (2) - Study No. 2, 1961 3:15
09 – John R. Pierce - Variations In Timbre And Attack, 1961 1:20
10 – John R. Pierce - Sea Sounds, 1963 1:47
11 – Max V. Mathews - Masquerades, 1963 2:46
12 – James Tenney - Dialogue, 1963 4:16
13 – Ercolino Ferretti - Pipe And Drum, 1963 3:08
14 – Ercolino Ferretti - Trio, 1965 3:24
15 – James Randall - Mudgett, Monologues For A Mass Murderer, 1965 10:01
16 – Max V. Mathews - International Lullaby, 1966 2:10
17 – John R. Pierce - Eight-Tone Canon, 1966 3:54
18 – Jean-Claude Risset - Sound Examples Of Jean-Claude Risset's Introductory Catalogue Of Computer Synthesized Sounds, 1969 17:18

An excellent and well chosen overview of the birth of computer-generated music in the late '50s and early '60s. Contains: Newmann Guttman: The Silver Scale (1957), Pitch Variations (1957), John R. Pierce Stochatta (1959), Variations in Timbre and Attack (1961), Sea Sounds (1963), Eight-Tone Canon (1966), Max V. Matthews Numerology (1960), The Second Law (1961), Bicycle Built for Two (1961), Masquerades (1963), International Lullaby (1966), David Lewin Study No. 1, Study No. 2 (1961), James Tenney Dialogue (1963), Ercolino Ferretti Pipe and Drum (1963), Trio (1965), James Randall Mudgett, Monologues for a Mass Murderer (1965). There are also copious and interesting articles by each of the composers.