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Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos, November 14, 1939) is an American musician and composer best known for her electronic music and film scores. Born and raised in Rhode Island , Carlos studied physics and music at Brown University before moving to New York City in 1962 to study music composition at Columbia University .
Oct 22, 2020 · October 23, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. EDT. The composer and electronic musician Wendy Carlos at work in her New York recording studio in October 1979. As she broke new ground in her career and gained fame ...
Nov 11, 2020 · She went platinum by plugging Bach into 20th century machines, and was soon working with Stanley Kubrick. But prejudice around her gender transition pushed Wendy Carlos out of sight
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Mar 31, 2022 · Switched-On Bach was the work of Wendy Carlos, an unassuming figure who would loom large in the popular imagination years later, when she became one of the first transgender individuals to openly speak about her transition. Born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island in 1939, Carlos graduated from Brown in 1962 with a dual degree in music and physics, and ...
Sep 2, 2020 · The record, a synth rendition of pieces by classical composer Johann Sebastian Bach, was a surprise hit for Carlos. But the electronic music pioneer spent years following the album’s release hidden from the public eye. Her story is told in a new biography, Wendy Carlos, written by Amanda Sewell and published September 2.
Oct 10, 2019 · Gen (d)erations: Wendy Carlos’ Life and Work Show the Beauty (and Trauma) of Being Openly Trans. The musician’s A Clockwork Orange soundtrack was paradigm-shifting. She broke barriers again when she boldly came out in Playboy after years spent living in stealth. Wendy Carlos sits at a keyboard and the synthesizer she created.
Feb 8, 2023 · Wendy Carlos’ most well-known venture to date came in 1968, when she released her debut album, Switched-On Bach. Using just a Moog synthesiser, Carlos performed and recorded a collection of pieces by J.S. Bach , including extracts from Book 1 of The Well-Tempered Clavier , ‘Air on a G String’, ‘Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring’, and his ...
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