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Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos, November 14, 1939) is an American musician and composer best known for her electronic music and film scores. Born and raised in Rhode Island, Carlos studied physics and music at Brown University before moving to New York City in 1962 to study music composition at Columbia University.
The Official Wendy Carlos HomePage. The definitive Web collection of information about the pioneer synthesist and composer (and solar eclipse photographer), including a "Write Wendy" Maildrop.
Jun 17, 2022 · Electronic music composer Wendy Carlos - whose debut album Switched-On Bach has introduced a new audience to classical music - explains the fundamentals of electronic sound using her Moog...
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Jun 28, 2023 · KEYS WEEK 2023: Wendy Carlos is one of the greatest living pioneers in the worlds of both music and technology. Indeed, without her work and the release of the seminal recording, Switched-On Bach, you could easily argue that the history of synthesizers and synthesizer music would be very different.
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Oct 22, 2020 · The composer and electronic musician Wendy Carlos at work in her New York recording studio in October 1979. As she broke new ground in her career and gained fame, Carlos faced ridicule and...
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Feb 8, 2023 · Wendy Carlos was a visionary composer and engineer who invented the Moog synthesiser and performed Bach on it. She also won three Grammy Awards in 1970, making her the first trans woman to do so, and composed for Kubrick films.