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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.

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   Wendy Carlos is one of the most important composers living today. While primarily connected to the fields of electronic music, sound design, and alternate tunings, her compositions transcend these genres. It is certain that her music will be included among the major milestones of 20th century music.

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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.

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6. www.musicradar.com › news › in-celebration-of-wendyIn celebration of Wendy Carlos: composer, inventor, genre ...

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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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   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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   Dec 12, 2022 · Learn about the life and achievements of Wendy Carlos, who created the Moog synthesizer and composed groundbreaking albums and film scores. Discover how she hid her gender reassignment for almost 10 years and faced discrimination and isolation in the music industry.

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   What is Wendy Carlos best known for?

   • 1. Switched-On Bach (1968) The album that defined Wendy Carlos and introduced both electronic music and the synthesiser is a curious mix of novelty and legend. There’s no doubting the work that Carlos poured into it, nor its importance in the history of music, but actually, many of Carlos’ later works are more interesting, sonically speaking.

   How Wendy Carlos became music technology's greatest living pioneer

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   What happened to Wendy Carlos?

   • The release of this new album coincided with another key event in the musician’s life. In May 1972, Carlos finally completed her sex change and officially became Wendy Carlos. Outwardly, nothing changed, and Carlos continued to live in seclusion in her New York apartment.

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   Where did Wendy Carlos go to college?

   • Wendy Carlos went on to study music and physics at Brown University, graduating from Columbia University in 1965 with a master’s degree in composition. Wendy Carlos helped to develop the Moog synthesiser. Picture: Getty

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   How many Grammy Awards did Wendy Carlos win?

   • It also became the second classical (and first electronic) album to go platinum in the US. In 1970 Wendy Carlos won three Grammy Awards for the album: best classical album, best classical performance – instrumental soloist or soloists (with or without orchestra), and best engineered classical recording.

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   Does Wendy Carlos have a new digital moonscape?

   • "Play It Jazzy, Switched On Or Straight, It's Bach". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved February 26, 2018. ^ a b c d e f Reed, Susan (July 1, 1985). "After a Sex Change and Several Eclipses, Wendy Carlos Treads a New Digital Moonscape". People. Vol. 24 (1 ed.).

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   Does Wendy Carlos sing 'Bach'?

   • "Wendy Carlos Goes 'Bach' And Forward All At Once With New Reading Of Old Set". Billboard. pp. 67–68. ^ "Tales From Heaven And Hell". Discogs. 1998. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019. ^ "Rediscovering Lost Scores – Volume One (Quintessential Archeomusicology – Film Music By Wendy Carlos)". Discogs.

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    Apr 25, 2023 · American composer, engineer, inventor and genre creator Wendy Carlos is one of the most innovative figures in the world of synthesizers and electronic music.