Wayne Slawson

A. Wayne Slawson (December 29, 1932 – August 6, 2022) was a composer and professor.[1] He was best known for Wishful Thinking About Winter, composed at MIT in 1967,[2] a computer-generated setting of a haiku that uses a wide range of spectral glide rates.[3]

He died in 2022, aged 89.[1]

Bibliography

  • "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

  • Wishful Thinking About Winter. Decca DL 710180.

Sources

  1. ^ a b "In Memoriam: Wayne Slawson". Perspectives of New Music. 59 (2). Project MUSE: 271–272. 2022. doi:10.1353/pnm.2021.0018. ISSN 2325-7180.
  2. ^ Schrader, Barry (1982). Introduction to Electro-Acoustic Music, p.159. ISBN 9780134815152.
  3. ^ Erickson, Robert (1975). Sound Structure in Music, p.73. ISBN 9780520023765.

Further reading

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


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