Charles Dodge: Synthesized Voices, by Charles Dodge

Charles Dodge: Synthesized Voices

by Charles Dodge

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1.	In Celebration 08:31	info	buy track
2.	Speech Songs: I. When I Am with You 01:38	info	buy track
3.	Speech Songs: II. He Destroyed Her Image 02:02	info	buy track
4.	Speech Songs: III. A Man Sitting in the Cafeteria 01:29	info	buy track
5.	Speech Songs: IV. The Days are Ahead 02:02	info	buy track
6.	The Story of Our Lives: I. We are Reading the Story of Our Lives 05:18	info	buy track
7.	The Story of Our Lives: II. We are Reading the Story of Our Lives 02:49	info	buy track
8.	The Story of Our Lives: III. This Morning I Woke and Believed 01:57	info	buy track
9.	The Story of Our Lives: IV. Before You Woke 01:40	info	buy track
10.	The Story of Our Lives: V. If Only There Were A Perfect Moment in the Book 03:16	info	buy track
11.	The Story of Our Lives: VI. The Day Goes On 01:06	info	buy track
12.	The Story of Our Lives: VII. The Book Will Not Survive 02:26	info	buy track

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The compositions recorded here are a product of work with computers in synthetic speech, song and vocal sounds and were created between 1972 and 1975. The music was realized on two different computer music systems and takes advantage of, and attempts to extend and explore their features. The system employed to realize SPEECH SONGS was created at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for research in synthetic speech and speech communication. Since the system was not designed for musical purposes, its limitations were severe and its musical use a great (and often rewarding) challenge. The system used for IN CELEBRATION and THE STORY OF OUR LIVES was designed with the expressed purpose of creating synthetic musical voices, and was there- fore much better suited to the task at hand. As with any high technology project, there was extensive collaboration in the production of the works. Thanks go to Joseph Olive, who designed the system at Bell Laboratories and taught me to use it, and to Kenneth Stieglitz of Princeton University and Howard Eskin, Richard Garland of Columbia University, who with the late Godfrey Winkam and the composer contributed to the system now (1976) operating at the Columbia University Nevis Laboratories.

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released January 1, 1976

This is a composer supervised recording.

This recording was made possible by a grant from the National Institute/American Academy of Arts and Letters. Charles Dodge was a 1975 winner and this recording is a part of his award. Produced by Carter Harman.

Cover by Judith Lerner.

The CRI catalog was digitized & preserved by Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc. with support from the Ditson Fund, the Mellon Foundation, and the Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trust.

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Composers Recordings, Inc. Brooklyn, New York

CRI (Composers Recordings, Inc.) was founded in 1954 by Otto Luening, Douglas Moore and Oliver Daniel. CRI was dedicated to the promotion of new music by American composers, releasing over 600 recordings on LP, cassette and CD over its 49 year history, New World Records assumed ownership of CRI in 2006, since which time its entire catalog has been digitized for streaming, download & CD-R purchase. ... more

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