Chapter 18, The Columbia– Princeton Electronic Music Center, New York

Episode 157

Chapter 18, The Columbia– Princeton Electronic Music Center, New York. Works Recommended from my book, Electronic and Experimental Music 

Welcome to the Archive of Electronic Music. This is Thom Holmes.

This podcast is produced as a companion to my book, Electronic and Experimental Music, published by Routledge. Each of these episodes corresponds to a chapter in the text and an associated list of recommended works, also called Listen in the text. They provide listening examples of vintage electronic works featured in the text.

The works themselves can be enjoyed without the book and I hope that they stand as a chronological survey of important works in the history of electronic music. Be sure to tune-in to other episodes of the podcast where we explore a wide range of electronic music in many styles and genres, all drawn from my archive of vintage recordings.

There is a complete playlist for this episode on the website for the podcast.

Playlist: THE COLUMBIA–PRINCETON ELECTRONIC MUSIC CENTER, NEW YORK

Time

Track Time

Start

Introduction –Thom Holmes

01:31

00:00

1.     Vladimir Ussachevsky, “Sonic Contours” (1952). Tape composition produced at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

07:24

01:36

2.     Otto Luening and Vladimir Ussachevsky, “Incantation For Tape” (1953). Tape composition produced at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

02:36

08:56

3.     Vladimir Ussachevsky, “Linear Contrasts” (1958). Tape composition produced at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

03:46

11:28

4.     Halim El Dabh, “Electronics And The Word” (1959). Tape composition produced at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

02:47

15:14

5.     Mario Davidovsky, “Electronic Study No. 1” (1960). Tape composition produced at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

05:44

17:56

6.     Otto Luening, “Gargoyles” (1960). Tape composition produced at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

09:27

23:42

7.     Vladimir Ussachevsky, “Wireless Fantasy” (1960). Tape composition produced at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

04:37

33:08

8.     Ihan Mimaroglu, “Prelude No. 8 (To the memory of Edgard Varèse)” (1966). Tape composition produced at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

04:00

37:44

9.     Pril Smiley, “Eclipse” (1967). Tape composition produced at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

07:56

41:38

10.   Milton Babbitt, “Occasional Variations” (1968-71).  Tape composition produced at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

09:56

49:46

11.   Bülent Arel, “Stereo Electronic Music No. 2 (1970). Tape composition produced at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

14:24

59:41

12.   Charles Dodge, “Changes” (1970). Tape composition produced at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

14:44

01:14:00

13.   Alice Shields, “The Transformation Of Ani” (1970). Tape composition produced at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

09:05

01:28:44

14.   Daria Semegen, “Electronic Composition No.1” (1971). Tape composition produced at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

05:53

01:37:48

15.   Bülent Arel and Daria Semegen, “Out Of Into” (1972). Tape composition produced at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

16:39

01:43:34

Additional opening, closing, and other incidental music by Thom Holmes.

My Books/eBooks: Electronic and Experimental Music, sixth edition, Routledge 2020. Also, Sound Art: Concepts and Practices, first edition, Routledge 2022.

See my companion blog that I write for the Bob Moog Foundation.

For a transcript, please see my blog, Noise and Notations.

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