Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction
by Eric Salzman
Period: Early 20th Century
Born: Friday, November 3, 1911 in Hailar, Manchuria
Died: Tuesday, January 2, 1990 in New York, New York (USA)
Nation of Origin: Russia
Major Works:
Electronic music, often with tape
Other Information:
Ussachevsky was a pioneer in electronic music who composed and taught at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center. He studied with Howard Hanson, Bernard Rogers and Otto Luening. Before 1952 his music was neo-Romantic. After 1952 he composed mostly using electronic instruments and computers.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900, Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
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