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Wayne Slawson

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A. Wayne Slawson (born December 29, 1932) is a composer and professor. Best known for Wishful Thinking About Winter, composed at MIT in 1967,[1] a computer-generated setting of a haiku that uses a wide range of spectral glide rates.[2]

Bibliography

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  • "A Speech-Orientated Synthesizer for Computer Music"
  • "Sound, Electronics, and Hearing", The Development and Practice of Electronic Music. Jon H. Appleton and Ronald Perera, eds. ISBN 9780132076050.

Discography

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  • Wishful Thinking About Winter. Decca DL 710180.

Sources

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  1. ^ Schrader, Barry (1982). Introduction to Electro-Acoustic Music, p.159. ISBN 9780134815152.
  2. ^ Erickson, Robert (1975). Sound Structure in Music, p.73. ISBN 9780520023765.

Further reading

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  • Routledge (2009). "Slawson, A. Wayne", International Who's Who in Classical Music 2009, p. 765. ISBN 9781857435139.