Lejaren Hiller – Computer Music Retrospective

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Label:	WERGO – WER 60128
Series:	WERGO Computer Music
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country:	Germany
Released:	1986
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	Modern Classical, Experimental

Tracklist

	Expo '85	11:21
A1	Circus Piece - A Cadential Process	4:04
A2	Transitions - A Hierarchical Process Composed By – Charles Ames	2:12
A3	Toy Harmonium - A Statistical Process Composed By – John Myhill	1:41
A4	Mix Or Match - A Tune Generating Process (5 Examples) Composed By – Charles Ames	3:44
	Quartet No. 4 "Illiac Suite"	18:07
A5	Experiment One (Presto, Andante, Allegro)	4:38
A6	Experiment Two (Adagio, Ma Non Troppo Lento)	4:01
A7	Experiment Three (Allegro Con Brio)	5:59
A8	Experiment Four (Tanto Presto Che Possibile)	3:29
	Computer Music	6:32
B1	Decisively	3:33
B2	Briskly	0:58
B3	Lyrically	2:01
	Persiflage	10:40
B4	Allegro Flute – Robert Dick Oboe – Nora Post	10:40
	An Avalanche	9:04
B5	Getting Ready For It	1:00
B6	The Avalanche	6:00
B7	Cleaning Up The Mess	2:04

Credits

Cello – Lee Duckles (tracks: A5 to A8)
Composed By – G. Allan O'Connor (tracks: B1 to B3), Lejaren Hiller (tracks: A1, A4 to B7), Leonard Isaacson (tracks: A5 to A8)
Engineer [Recording] – George Ritscher (tracks: A5 to A8, B5 to B7), Stephen Bradley (2) (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B4)
Percussion – Jan Williams (tracks: B1 to B4), Robert Rosen (2) (tracks: B5 to B7)
Performer – Composition String Quartet (tracks: A5 to A8)
Synthesizer, Computer, Electronics – Lejaren Hiller
Technician [Audio] – George Ritscher (tracks: B5 to B7)
Viola – Theodore Lucas (tracks: A5 to A8)
Violin – David Rosenboom (tracks: A5 to A8), William Mullen (tracks: A5 to A8)
Vocals [Pitchman] – Royal MacDonald (tracks: B5 to B7)
Vocals [Prima Donna] – Norma Marder (tracks: B5 to B7)

Notes

Comes in a gatefold sleeve.
Expo '85 for multiple synthesizers recorded and composed 1985.
Quartet No. 4 for strings composed 1957, recorded 1967.
Computer Music for percussion and tape composed 1968, recorded 1980.
Persiflage for flute, oboe and percussion composed 1977, recorded 1980.
An Avalanche for pitchman, prima donna, player piano, percussionist and pre-recorded playback composed and recorded 1968.