Music at MIT, 1979 July 27

Item — Box: 8

Identifier: EMS_0119

Staff Only

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; Judith Eissenberg, founding member of the Lydian String Quartet; Paul Lansky, generally considered one of the creators of electronic and computer music; Mario Davidovsky, Pulitzer Prize winner; Jeanne Bamberger, music cognition theorist; and John Stautner, one of the pioneers of standardizing music storage files leading to the mp3. Please see the “Subjects and Genres” section of the finding aid for a more comprehensive list of creators. The bulk of these performances were recorded at various locations at MIT. We also have two live recordings from performances in Vienna. Some of these recordings were made as part of a summer residency, as part of a class, or for radio stations, such as WBUR and WGBH.

Once digitized, the collection will also comprise over 150 digital copies of the aforementioned open-reel audio tapes. Based on industry standards, digital audio recordings will be formatted and stored as 24 bit master .wav files at a sample rate of 96khz.

Dates

Creation: 1979 July 27

Creator

From the Collection: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Experimental Music Studio (Organization)
From the Collection: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory (Organization)
From the Collection: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture (Organization)
From the Collection: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture and Planning (Organization)
From the Collection: Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Organization)
From the Collection: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Electronic Music Studio (Organization)
From the Collection: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Experimental Electronic Music Studio (Organization)
From the Collection: Albright, William (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Allen, Susan, 1951-2015 (Musician, Harpist) (Person)
From the Collection: Ames, Charles (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Amin, Martin (Musician, Pianist) (Person)
From the Collection: Anderson, Nancy (Musician, Singer) (Person)
From the Collection: Balaban, Elliot (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Bamberger, Jeanne Shapiro (Person)
From the Collection: Bartlett, Greg (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Bellatoni, Leo (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Bodony, Larry (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Boulanger, Richard Charles, 1956- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Brinkman, Alexander Russell (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Brody, Martin, 1949- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Buell, Timothy John (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Burger, Eric William (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Campbell, Arthur, 1922- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Campion, Thomas, 1567-1620 (Poet) (Person)
From the Collection: Carnes, Michael, 1950- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Chang, Jeff (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Charry, Eric S. (Composer, Ethnomusicologist) (Person)
From the Collection: Chasalow, Eric, 1955- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Child, Peter, 1953- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Chowning, John M. (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Clark, David W. (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Clynes, Manfred, 1925- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Cote, Jean-Joseph (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Cumming, David (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Curtis, John (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Curtis, Madelyn (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Dashow, James, 1944- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Daugherty, Michael, 1954- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Davidovsky, Mario, 1934-2019 (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Davis, Anthony, 1951- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Day, Pamela (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Deschanes, Teresa (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Dillon, Dennis (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Dodge, Charles, 1942- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Duesenberry, John, 1950- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Dusse, Stephen (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Dworak, Paul E., 1951- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Eissenberg, Judith (Musician, Violinist) (Person)
From the Collection: Essegulian, Mihran (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Friedman, Joel Phillip (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Gandolfi, Michael (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Goldhaber, David (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Gonzalez, Jose (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Grazzo, Anthony (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Gross, Robert, 1914-1983 (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Hair, Graham (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Haman, Kristin (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Hamel, Peter Michael, 1947- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Harrison, Michael (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Harvey, Jonathan, 1939-2012 (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Hermann, Byron (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Hoffmann, Richard, 1925- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Hopkins, Nick (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Horner, Andrew (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Imlay, Timothy, 1951- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Jaczko, Rob (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Jaeger, Denny (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: James, Stephen (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Jones, Kevin (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Kaske, Stephan, 1951- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Kayman, William (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Kenney, Diana (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Kildiss, Ike (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Kopp, David (Musician, Pianist) (Person)
From the Collection: Koto, Takashi, 1946- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Kyr, Robert (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: La Barbara, Joan, 1947- (Musician, Singer) (Person)
From the Collection: Lansky, Paul, 1944- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Le Poulin, Edward (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Leary, Dan (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Lewis, John-Peter (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: LoCascio, Marc (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Lunn, John, 1956- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Machover, Tod (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Mackay, Hannah (Actress) (Person)
From the Collection: Malsky, Ken (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Marshall, Pamela J., 1954- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Melkley, Donald James (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Morrill, Dexter (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Murphy, Kevin (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Nelson, Jon Christopher (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Nelson, Peter, 1951- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Nies, Eric (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Oldfather, Christopher (Musician, Pianist) (Person)
From the Collection: Opie, Lyman (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Opie, Ralph (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Patterson, Nick (Nick J.) (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Pelts, Charles (Conductor) (Person)
From the Collection: Piatt, Edith (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Place, David (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Puckette, Miller, 1959- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Ray, Mary Ruth (Musician, Violist) (Person)
From the Collection: Rider, Rhonda (Musician, Cellist) (Person)
From the Collection: Rimmer, John, 1939- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Riopel, Chris (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Roads, Curtis (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Roos, Peter (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Roseborough, James (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Rubini, Michael (Michel) (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Sawyer, Eric (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Sebring, Ellen, 1953- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Sharifi, Jamshied (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Sherman, Alan T. (Alan Theodore) (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Smith, Edith (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Smith, Wilma (Musician, Violinist) (Person)
From the Collection: Sorenson, Jim (Systems engineer) (Person)
From the Collection: Spencer, Aaron (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Spjut, R. Erik (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Stautner, John (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Stevens, Cyrus (Musician, Violinist) (Person)
From the Collection: Thompson, Marcus, 1946- (Musician, Violist) (Person)
From the Collection: Thorman, Marc (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Togashi, Kou (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Trobaugh, Tom (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Tucker, Greg (Systems engineer) (Person)
From the Collection: Veltfort, Nikki (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Vercoe, Barry (Composer, Founder of the EMS) (Person)
From the Collection: Wright, Geoffrey (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Yim, Jay Alan, 1958- (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: York, Wes (Wesley) (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Yoshpe, Yonatan (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Ziolo, Paul (Composer) (Person)
From the Collection: Zvonar, Richard (Composer) (Person)

Access note

This collection is open for research.

Digital Access Note

Some parts of this collection are available online: see the link under the "Digital Material" heading below or the links to specific online digital items found within their entries in this finding aid.

Extent

From the Collection: 8.8 Linear Feet (17 boxes)

From the Collection: 182 Gigabytes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

"recorded for WGBH," composers identified as "various artists."

Related Names

Subject

WGBH (Radio station : Boston, Mass.) (Organization)

Physical Storage Information

Box: 8 (Mixed Materials)

Repository Details

Part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections Repository

https://libraries.mit.edu/distinctive-collections/

Contact:
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Music at MIT, 1979 July 27

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Dates

Creator

Access note

Digital Access Note

Extent

Language of Materials

Additional Description

General

Related Names

Subject

Physical Storage Information

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