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| name       = Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center
| type       = live
| artist     = various artists
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| released   = 1964
| recorded   = May 9 and 10, 1961
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| genre      = [[Electronic music]]
| length     = 49:44
| label      = [[Sony Classical|Columbia Masterworks]]
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'''''[[Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center]]''''' was an album of [[electronic music]] released in 1964.  It was the recording of a concert performed at the McMillin Theater (later renamed the Miller Theater) at [[Columbia University]] on May 9 and 10, 1961. The stereo version was MS 6566 and the monophonic version was ML 5966. There was a sequel released in 1998 on the New World label titled ''Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center 1961–1973''. [[Bülent Arel]] is the only artist who appears on both albums.
The Arel composition is completely electronic, with articulated signals over a continuous background texture. [[Halim El-Dabh]]'s composition, an "electronic drama," has a text drawn from the epic of [[Layla and Majnun]], and consists primarily of tape manipulated instrumental and vocal sounds.  Ussachevsky's work has lyrics derived from the ''[[Enuma Elish]]'' [[creation myth]], with chorus and electronic accompaniment.  Babbitt's piece is composed entirely on the [[RCA Synthesizer]] of the Columbia-Princeton [[Computer Music Center]].  Davidovsky created a work manipulating [[sine wave]], [[square wave]], and [[white noise]] generators.  Luening's composition combines solo violin with RCA Synthesizer sound followed by tape manipulation.
==Track listing==
===Side one===
#[[Bülent Arel]]: Stereo Electronic Music No. 1 – 10:28
#[[Halim El-Dabh]]: Leiyla and the Poet – 5:20
#[[Vladimir Ussachevsky]]: Creation—Prologue – 8:09
===Side two===
#[[Milton Babbitt]]: Composition for Synthesizer – 10:36
#[[Mario Davidovsky]]: Electronic Study No. 1 – 5:50
#[[Otto Luening]]: Gargoyles – 9:21
==References==
*{{Allmusic | class= album| id=mw0000939694| label= Columbia–Princeton Electronic Music Center| accessdate= 01:43, 2 December 2020 (UTC) }}
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[[Category:1961 live albums]]
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