CARLOS, Wendy
Name:
CARLOS, Wendy (b. 1939)
Musical genre:
Choral Music, Opera/Musical Theatre/Dance/Stage, Orchestral, Vocal Music/Art Songs
Country of birth:
United States
Country of location:
United States
Notes:
Wendy Carlos is an American composer and a pioneer of electronic music. Her landmark album Switched-On Bach (1968), created with a Moog synthesizer, demonstrated the instrument’s expressive potential and helped introduce electronic music to a wide audience. Carlos also composed influential electronic scores for the films A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, and Tron. Her work encompasses sound design, synthesized orchestration, and alternative tuning systems.
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