MUS 503 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sitar, John Hollander, Anton Webern
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Inspired by the work of early 20th c austro/german composers including anton. Prof of music at princeton; director of columbia-princeton electronic music center. Experimented with combining acoustic instruments w/ electronically generated. Total serialism math formula to say what notes and when. Used math and computers to make music sound. Influenced later musical work in both the art and pop fields. Role of universities able to do it because had access to technology. Karl heinz stockhausen song of the youth. One of the first psychedelic recordings psychedelic reality altering influence of lsd and indian music ( c drone, tambura, sitar)
