Vladimir Ussachevsky

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.
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