UPIC (1977)
Xenaquis with UPIC. (1970 Public Domain).
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GENERAL INFO
| Description: UPIC (Unité Polyagogique Informatique) is a computerized music composition tool, designed by the composer Iannis Xenakis. It was developed at the Center d’Études de Mathématique et Automatique Musicales (CEMAMu) in Paris, and was completed in 1977. Xenakis used it to compose some of his works, and has been used later by other composers. | |
| Sex: – | Occupation: Music composer machine. |
| Place of Birth / Death: Paris, France. | Country Tags: France. |
| Periods: 20th Century, 21th Century. | Genres: Computer-generated music, Electroacoustic music, Experimental music. |
| Styles: Contemporary music. Avant-garde. | School / Group: – |
| Instruments: Computer. Synthesizer. | Relatives: – |
| Patrons: – | Master: Iannis Xenaquis. |
IN MUSICHESS
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External links
- Moderecords.com: Xenakis, UPIC, Continuum. Electroacoustic & Instrumental works from CCMIX Paris: http://www.moderecords.com/catalog/098_9ccmix.html – [03/04/2018].
- UPIC at musicainformatica.com: http://www.musicainformatica.org/topics/upic.php – [03/04/2018].
- UPIC official website: https://www.iannix.org/fr/ – [03/04/2018].
- The EMF Institute: UPIC: https://web.archive.org/web/20090629070141/http://emfinstitute.emf.org/exhibits/upic.html – [03/04/2018].
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: UPIC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPIC – [03/04/2018].
- IX pieces for UPIC in Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/christidenton/sets/ix-pieces-for-upic – [03/04/2018].
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