Milton Babbitt

American composer, born on May 10, 1916, in Philadelphia, died January 29, 2011. Particularly noted for his serial and electronic music, also one of the foremost contributors to the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Centre – the principal centre for tape and electronic music in the United States. Main electronic works: Vision and Prayer, Philomel (for voice and tape), Sounds and Words, Phonemena (for soprano and piano or tape), Composition for Synthesizer, Ensembles for Synthesizer.