Vladimir Ussachevski
Vladimir Ussachevski (originally Russian Владимир Кириллович Усачевский / Vladimir Kirillovich Ussatschewski , scientific. Transliteration Vladimir Kirillovic Usačevskij ; October 21 * . Jul / 3. November 1911 greg. In Hailar , Manchuria , † 4. January 1990 in New York City , New York ) was a Russian - American composer .
Life
Vladimir Ussachevski emigrated to the United States in 1931 and studied at the College of Pomona / California and the Eastman School of Music in Rochester , New York . Since 1947 he has taught at Columbia University in New York City . In 1951 he performed the first concert for tape music in the United States with his teacher Otto Luening in the Museum of Modern Art . From 1959 he directed the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center together with Otto Luening, Milton Babbitt and Roger Sessions . After experimenting with tape music, he worked on sound synthesis with computers from 1967 . 1968 to 1970 he was also President of the American Composers Association. In 1973 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters . His students include composers such as Charles Dodge , Robert Moog , Alice Shields , Harvey Sollberger and Charles Wuorinen .
In 1987 he was awarded the SEAMUS Lifetime Achievement Award .
Ussachevski wrote publications on electronic, tape and computer music and wrote numerous experimental compositions.
Works
- Theme and Variations , 1935
- Jubilee Cantata , 1938
- Sonic Contours for tape, 1952
- Fantasy in Space , 1952
- Poem of Cycles and Bells , 1954
- Piece for tape recorder . 1956
- Metamorphoses , 1957
- Linear Contrasts
- Experiment 4711
- Wireless imagination
- Creation Prologue for four choirs and tape, 1961
- Suite from No Exit for tape, 1962
- Tin and wood on tape , 1965
- Computer pieces
- Electronic music suite
Filmography
- 1962: No Exit (Closed Society)
- 1968: Line of Apogee
literature
- Ralph Hartsock, Carl Rahkonen: Vladimir Ussachevsky: A Bio-Bibliography . Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut 2000, ISBN 978-0-313-29852-3 .
Web links
- Vladimir Ussachevski in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Eric Salzman: Vladimir Ussachevsky: Electronic And Acoustic Works 1957-1972 (Liner Notes). In: New World Records. Recorded Anthology of American Music, 2007, accessed May 14, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Members: Vladimir Ussachevsky. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed April 30, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ussachevski, Vladimir |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ussachevsky, Vladimir Kirillovich; Usačevskij, Vladimir Kirillovič; Усачевский, Владимир Кири́ллович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian-American composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hailar , Manchuria , China |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th January 1990 |
| Place of death | New York City , New York , United States |