Vercoe, Barry (Composer, Founder of the EMS)
Person
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Computer Music from MIT
Item — Box 17: [Barcode: 39080037210413]
Identifier: EMS_0064
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 132 open-reel audio tapes comprising over 150 compositions, performances, and interviews with composers and musicians involved with EMS. The magnetic tapes and reels vary between the formats 1/4" tape, 7" reel; 1/2" tape, 10.5" reel; and 1/4" tape, 10.5" reel. The tapes are dated from 1978 – 1988, although many are undated, and feature work by people such as John Chowning, who was responsible for the discovery of the frequency modulation synthesis (FM) algorithm;...
Dates:
1973 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1979 - 1986
Experimental Music Studio recordings
Collection
Identifier: AC-0662
Abstract
The Experimental Music Studio recordings is a collection of reel to reel audio tapes produced by students and staff involved with MIT's Experimental Music Studio and with the New England Conservatory. The physical materials in the collection are reel to reel audio tapes in 7” and 10.5” reels, using ¼”, ½”, and 1” tape. Some recordings have been digitized thank to a CLIR Recordings at Risk grant in 2020.
Dates:
1973 - 1988; Majority of material found within 1979 - 1986
LIPM: Stereo Pieces, August 20, 1985, Reel 1 of 2, 1985 August 20
Item — Box 16: [Barcode: 39080037210462]
Identifier: EMS_0041
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 132 open-reel audio tapes comprising over 150 compositions, performances, and interviews with composers and musicians involved with EMS. The magnetic tapes and reels vary between the formats 1/4" tape, 7" reel; 1/2" tape, 10.5" reel; and 1/4" tape, 10.5" reel. The tapes are dated from 1978 – 1988, although many are undated, and feature work by people such as John Chowning, who was responsible for the discovery of the frequency modulation synthesis (FM) algorithm;...
Dates:
1985 August 20
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Communications Forum records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0235
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection consists of records of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Communications Forum. Materials include copies of audio recordings (on audio cassettes) of seminars and published seminar notes of forum sessions held approximately biweekly. Holdings cover the time period September 1985 to December 1999. Working papers, reprints, and seminar transcripts are also found in this collection. Topics covered include developments in communications technology, the economics of...
Dates:
1985 - 1996
Reel 1 (MIT ICMC), 1983 February 3
Item — Box 11: [Barcode: 39080037208268]
Identifier: EMS_0030
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 132 open-reel audio tapes comprising over 150 compositions, performances, and interviews with composers and musicians involved with EMS. The magnetic tapes and reels vary between the formats 1/4" tape, 7" reel; 1/2" tape, 10.5" reel; and 1/4" tape, 10.5" reel. The tapes are dated from 1978 – 1988, although many are undated, and feature work by people such as John Chowning, who was responsible for the discovery of the frequency modulation synthesis (FM) algorithm;...
Dates:
1983 February 3
Summer 1978 Concert, 1978 July 27
Item — Box 5: [Barcode: 39080037210397]
Identifier: EMS_0023
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains 132 open-reel audio tapes comprising over 150 compositions, performances, and interviews with composers and musicians involved with EMS. The magnetic tapes and reels vary between the formats 1/4" tape, 7" reel; 1/2" tape, 10.5" reel; and 1/4" tape, 10.5" reel. The tapes are dated from 1978 – 1988, although many are undated, and feature work by people such as John Chowning, who was responsible for the discovery of the frequency modulation synthesis (FM) algorithm;...
Dates:
1978 July 27
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- Communications, Military 1
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- Computer and cello music 1
- Computer and piano music 1
- Computer and viola music 1
- Computer and violin music 1
- Computer music 1
- Computer programs 1
- Computer software 1
- Computers -- Study and teaching 1
- High definition television -- Research. 1
- Information technology 1
- MIDI (Standard) 1
- Magnetic recorders and recording 1
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Alumni and alumnae 1
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