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Terry Rusling (1931 - November 27, 1974) was a Canadian electronic music composer, who used graphic notation. Some of his works were used to accompany radio and television broadcasts.
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Introduction to electronic composition
Terry Rusling worked as an engineer on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). He was on-air engineer for the Gilmour's Albums hosted by CBC broadcaster Clyde Gilmour. In the early 1960s, Morris Surdin, a composer working at the CBC, suggested to Rusling that he try out the electronic studio at CBC. Through Surdin, Rusling was introduced to Dr. Myron Schaeffer, to whom he submitted his first electronic compositions. He then attended the graduate seminar with Dr. Schaeffer at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music, using the renowned studio which included instruments designed by Hugh LeCaine. He continued his studies and composed music in studios at the Psycho Acoustic Institute at Ghent University, Belgium; the University of Utrecht; and the University of Illinois.
Broadcasts and performances
Several of his works, including The Trains, a piece of musique concrete, were broadcast on the CBC and he composed an electronic theme for the nightly news. One known public performance at computer tape music was at the Bohemian Embassy in Yorkville, Toronto. October, 1964.
Other work
His compositions are listed in International Electronic Music Catalog compiled by Hugh Davies (M.I.T. 1969). His scores were submitted to John Cage's Notations project and two items are included in the book and demonstrate his use of graphic notation. He composed incidental music for CBC radio shows such as Trains (1966) a documentary program on the railroads of Canada produced by Allan Anderson and Val Clery. He also composed incidental music for the TV show Telescope's episode on Marshall McLuhan (1967). In addition to this he composed pure experimental music.
Compositions
Compositions