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Silver Apples of the Moon is the debut album by American composer and musician Morton Subotnick, released by Nonesuch Records in July 1967. It contains the titular composition which is divided into two parts. A showcase for the Buchla 100 synthesizer, an early analogue synthesizer that the composer helped develop, it was the first piece of ...
- Morton Subotnick
- 1966–67, New York City
- July 1967
Mar 9, 2021 · Thu 6 Mar 2014 22.40 EST. I n 1967, the American composer Morton Subotnick released a record called Silver Apples of the Moon. It was the first electronic album ever to be commissioned by a ...
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Morton Subotnick. Morton Subotnick (born April 14, 1933) is an American composer of electronic music, best known for his 1967 composition Silver Apples of the Moon, the first electronic work commissioned by a record company, Nonesuch. [1] He was one of the founding members of California Institute of the Arts, where he taught for many years.
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Earlier this year, ASCAP composer Morton Subotnick’s electronic work Silver Apples of the Moon was added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. The piece is undeniably one of the most historically and aesthetically significant works in the canon of electronic music. The sequencer technology that was designed to realize ...
Mar 14, 2014 · MORTON SUBOTNICK’s truly visionary electronic master piece “Silver Apples Of The Moon” on an audiophile 180gr LP, especially mastered for vinyl. As composer, musician and initiator of the San Francisco Tape Music Center which he co-founded with PAULINE OLIVEROS and RAMON SENDER in 1961, MORTON SUBOTNICK (born 1933) has propelled the ...
Feb 15, 2018 · Morton Subotnick | Credit: Bonnie Perkinson It’s hard to believe when you hear it — especially if it’s your first time — but Morton Subotnick’s spectacular electronic tone poem Silver Apples of the Moon, is 50 years old. It was the first electronic piece specifically commissioned for the phonograph, and it became a surprise best ...
