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Letter to a twenty-five-year old electroacoustic composer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2000

Barry Truax
Affiliation:
School of Communication and School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6. E-mail: truax@sfu.ca
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Abstract

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So, this field we call electroacoustic music is celebrating its first half century, just as I did recently. While I cannot say that I actually grew up with this music, I discovered it in my early twenties (1969), and so I have participated in a good twenty-five years of its development. I have also heard a lot about the previous twenty-five years, often from the practitioners themselves, many of whom have unfortunately passed away in the meantime. With any luck I may still have another twenty-five years, and then you will be in my place now, and I wonder what choices you will have made, and what you will be writing to the next generation?

Type
Research Article
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© 1999 Cambridge University Press