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Music

by Lou Cohen

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shape01 11:03
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shape02 08:10
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shape03 06:10
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shape04 08:14
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shape05 06:47
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shape06 07:13
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shape07 06:47
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shape08 06:32
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shape09 07:10
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shape10 06:42
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Harmonies 06:27
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Concerto 07:35
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Circles 12:26
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Symphony 1 10:07
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Symphony 2 19:41
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Symphony 3 12:54
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Symphony 4 12:08
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Symphony 5 13:29
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Symphony 7 07:22
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Symphony 8 10:39
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Symphony 9 06:40

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"Music" was released as a 3 CD set of works by electronic music composer/performer Lou Cohen. This release is a fantastic overview of his works since around 2003, with over three hours of music. Most of these pieces were composed by means of algorithmic and stochastic processes, with emphasis on granular synthesis.

Lou Cohen used Csound as his primary tool for realizing compositions. Csound is a well-known, open-source, programmable music synthesizer. Its antecedents (called "MUSIC", "MUSIC II", "MUSIC III", ... ) were developed by Max Mathews at ATT Bell Labs starting in the 1950s. "MUSIC 11" was written by Barry Vercoe at the MIT Media Lab. Vercoe then rewrote this software and renamed it as Csound. Eventually Csound was given open-source status, making it freely available.

Cohen's compositions from 1960 to 1990 were written for a range of instrumental ensembles, and generally algorithmically employed 12-tone and serial techniques. A few of these pieces used open score and chance processes as well. Starting around 1990, Cohen switched to composing using computer-generated sounds and software-computed structures. The programmable synthesizer Csound has been the primary tool for this work along with software of his own design. 


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released April 1, 2013

Mastered by Tom Hamilton

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Lou Cohen Cambridge, Massachusetts

Lou Cohen began composing music at the age of 11. He studied mathematics at MIT, and studied music privately. Composition teachers include John Cage, Ernst Levy and Alan Kemler. He studied harpsichord and early music performance practice with John Gibbons. He died in 2013. ... more

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