"Unplayed By Human Hands" are the titles of two album recordings made in the mid-1970s of computerized organ performances recorded at the All Saints Church in Pasadena, California on their 90-rank Schlicker pipe organ. The project was headed by Prentiss Knowlton, a student of computer science at the University of Utah.
Contents
The computer employed for the task of controlling the pipe organ was a PDP-8 minicomputer manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1965.
Side 1
- RIMSKY KORSAKOV: FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE-BEE
- ROGER DUCASSE: PASTORALE IN F
- MOZART: OVERTURE FROM THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, K. 492
- JOPLIN: MAPLE LEAF RAG
Side 2
- BACH: CONCERTO IN A MINOR (after Vivaldi), BMV 593
- IVES: VARIATIONS ON AMERICA
Side 1
- Franz Schubert: INSTANT MUSIC
- Dudley Buck: NEW ANGLES ON THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
- Felix-Alexandre Guilmant: MARCHING-SONG OF THE ANGEL OF DEATH
Side 2
- Dietrich Buxtehude: FANTASIA IN THE LAND OF THE FREE
- Johan Halvorsen: ENTRY OF THE PRIVILEGED LANDHOLDING CLASS
- Vladimir Ussachevsky: FANTASY: EVERYTHING IS COMPUTERIZED
Actual titles
The names of the songs as printed on this album are distorted in one way or another. The following is a list of the actual titles and their composers.
- 6 Moments musicaux, Op.94 D.780 - No.3 in F minor (Allegro moderato) by Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
- The Star spangled banner : concert variations for organ by Dudley Buck (1839 - 1909)
- Marche funèbre et chant séraphique, opus 17 by Félix-Alexandre Guilmant (1837 - 1911)
- Fantasia in F by Dietrich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707)
- Entry of the Boyars by Johan Halvorsen (1864 - 1935)
- Omnia computatus est by Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911 - 1990)
References
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