Ben Bracken

Stanford University has begun an important project to preserve the works of the great Max Mathews.  Geoffrey C. Willard at Stanford University Libraries posts about it on their Digital Library Blog. 

Read the complete post here on which you can hear a sample of Mathews' work, and find compilations of other early electronic music gurus for sale (album cover art at left).


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Digitizing the work of Max Mathews

Cycling '74

RadioGamelan is the first in a series of pieces which seek to embellish the 1960’s notion of “action scores” (embodied in the music of Christian Wolff and John Cage, in pieces which specify the “how” of performance, rather than the “what”) with computer programs that enable specific types of performance. RadioGamelan allows each performer to choose their own tempo, and freely combine that tempo with those of the other performers – creating shifting polyrhythmic patterns. The specific rhythmic process allows pitches, amplitudes, and timbres to be chosen freely, while the piece retains a unique character.

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