Morton Subotnick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Morton Subotnick

American neo-classical composer and avant-garde electronic musician

Date of Birth: 14-Apr-1933

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession: composer, university teacher, music pedagogue

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About 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.
  • He was one of the founding members of California Institute of the Arts, where he taught for many years.Subotnick has worked extensively with interactive electronics and multi-media, co-founding the San Francisco Tape Music Center with Pauline Oliveros and Ramon Sender, often collaborating with his wife Joan La Barbara.
  • Morton Subotnick is one of the pioneers in the development of electronic music and multi-media performance and an innovator in works involving instruments and other media, including interactive computer music systems.
  • Most of his music calls for a computer part, or live electronic processing; his oeuvre utilizes many of the important technological breakthroughs in the history of the genre.

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