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Vladimir Ussachevsky

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Vladimir Ussachevsky , 1911-90, Russian-American composer, b. Manchuria. 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)... Read more

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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... Luciano Berio and Bruno Maderna , and the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, associated with Otto Luening, Vladimir Ussachevsky , Mario Davidovsky, and Babbitt. During the 1960s synthesizers were made widely available by companies such as ... Read more

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Encyclopedia of World Biography ... 1964. The Moog, as it came to be known, cost around $10,000. Despite the reservations of Princeton lab director Vladimir Ussachevsky, who told Moog that his decision would result in the synthesizer being used simply as an unusual-sounding piano- ... Read more

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