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Vladimir Ussachevsky

Vladimir Ussachevsky

Vladimir Ussachevsky has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 15 episodes and was first played on 23 March 2014.

Russian-American electronic music composer (Владимир Усачевский, November 3, 1911 Manchuria - January 2, 1990 New York). Ussachevsky emigrated to the United States in 1931 and studied at the Eastman School. He joined the faculty of Columbia Univ. in 1947. After composing many works for traditional instruments, Ussachevsky began working in electronic music in 1951, in collaboration with his former teacher Otto Luening. The two, together with Milton Babbitt and Roger Sessions, became (1959) directors of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York City. Ussachevsky wrote many tape pieces, such as Of Wood And Brass (1964) and much film music. In a series of works written between 1961 and 1973, including Creation Prologue (1961) and Epilogue “Spell of Creation” (1971), he combined choruses with electronic tape. more : wikipedia

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Vladimir Ussachevsky

Vladimir Ussachevsky has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 15 episodes and was first played on 23 March 2014.

Russian-American electronic music composer (Владимир Усачевский, November 3, 1911 Manchuria - January 2, 1990 New York). Ussachevsky emigrated to the United States in 1931 and studied at the Eastman School. He joined the faculty of Columbia Univ. in 1947. After composing many works for traditional instruments, Ussachevsky began working in electronic music in 1951, in collaboration with his former teacher Otto Luening. The two, together with Milton Babbitt and Roger Sessions, became (1959) directors of the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York City. Ussachevsky wrote many tape pieces, such as Of Wood And Brass (1964) and much film music. In a series of works written between 1961 and 1973, including Creation Prologue (1961) and Epilogue “Spell of Creation” (1971), he combined choruses with electronic tape. more : wikipedia

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Sonic Contours
Ussachevsky
Gene Bruck Enterprises Inc.1955
Incantation
Luening, Ussachevsky
Gene Bruck Enterprises Inc.1955
Piece For Tape Recorder
Luening, Ussachevsky, William Bergsma
Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)1957
Wireless Fantasy (1960)
Vladimir Ussachevsky
Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)1999
Incantation For Tape
Vladimir Ussachevsky, Otto Luening
Sub Rosa2010
Incantation
Vladimir Ussachevsky, Otto Luening
Desto1968
Wireless Fantasy
Vladimir Ussachevsky
Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)1968
Computer Piece No. 1 (1968)
Vladimir Ussachevsky
Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)1999
Metamorphosis
Ussachevsky
Son Nova Records1963