Computer Generations

various artists compilation - Computer Generations

Originally posted on July 26, 2006

From the back cover:

This recording contains three 'generations' of computer composers whose music uses three generations of computer music languages. The late Godfrey Winhamis recognized as a prime force in the development of computer music - he was responsible for the FORTRAN version of Music IV, the original program developed in 1960 by Max Matthews of Bell Telephone Laboratories. Barry Vercoe was Winham's student at Princeton and there invented a more streamlined language, Music 360, now in wide use. The newer Music-11 system was developed by Vercoe at M.I.T. Richard Hoffmann and Joel Gressel did their work at M.I.T. and Princeton respectively. Hoffmann using Vercoe's Music-11 and Gressel using Music 360.

Tracklisting:

1. Godfrey Winham - N P (Two Pieces For Computer-Synthesized Sound) {2:42}

2. Barry Vercoe - Synapse For Viola and Computer {5:20}

3. Richard Hoffmann - In Memoriam Patris {6:55}

4. Joel Gressel - Crossings {8:36}

5. Joel Gressel - P-Vibes: Three Canons {8:35}

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