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Wendy Carlos
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Wendy Carlos, born Walter Carlos in 1939 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, is an American composer, record producer, and music arranger. She is a citizen of the United States and has worked as a film score composer. Her primary instrument is the synthesizer, and she is associated with electronic music, classical, space music, and experimental genres. She began her work period in 1964 and is employed by the Computer Music Center.
Carlos is educated at Brown University and Columbia University. She speaks and writes in English. Her notable work includes the album *Switched-On Bach*. She has received Grammy Awards for her contributions to music. Her work is also categorized under soundtracks and moog styles.
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Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States
Wendy Carlos (born November 14, 1939) is an American musician and composer best known for her electronic music and film scores. Born and raised in Rhode Island, Carlos studied physics and music at Brown University before moving to New York City in 1962 to study music composition at Columbia University. Studying and working with various electronic musicians and technicians at the city's…
Known for
- Sisters with Transistors — Self2021
- Wendy Carlos, Composer2007
- The Alchemists of Sound — Self2003
- Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures — Self2001
- The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1939
Discography
- Moog 900 Series: Electronic Music Systems Demonstration Record1967
- The Well‐Tempered Synthesizer1969
- Sonic Seasonings1972
- Walter Carlos’ Clockwork Orange1972
- By Request1975
- Switched‐On Brandenburgs1980
- Switched‐On Brandenburgs: The Complete Concertos1980
- TRON1982
- Digital Moonscapes1984
- Beauty in the Beast1986
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- 173,870
- Total plays
- 1,937,765
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(NOTE: Album covers and artist images are not available due to certain legal restrictions imposed on last.fm by Wendy Carlos.) Wendy Carlos (born November 14, 1939, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island) is a composer and electronic musician. Carlos trained as a composer and worked as a recording engineer before her 1968 Switched-On Bach became the first classical music album to be certified platinum. This, and subsequent albums, brought the Moog synthesizer to wider public attention, and her 1971 soundtr
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1939-11-14 ) November 14, 1939 (age 86) , Pawtucket, Rhode Island , U.S.
- Genres
- Electronic classical ambient jazz
- Occupations
- Musician composer record producer
- Instruments
- Keyboards synthesizer vocoder
- Years active
- 1964–2005
- Labels
- Columbia Masterworks CBS Audion Telarc East Side Digital
- Website
- wendycarlos .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Walter
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pawtucket
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Educated at
- Brown University
- Employer
- Computer Music Center
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Switched-On Bach
- Genre
- electronic music
- Instrument
- synthesizer
- Official website
- www.wendycarlos.com
- Image
- W. Carlos HS Yearbook.jpeg
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- date of birth
- 1939-11-14
- topic's main category
- Category:Wendy Carlos
- Commons category
- Wendy Carlos
- name in native language
- Walter Carlos
- related category
- Category:Films scored by Wendy Carlos
- birth name
- Walter Carlos
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos, November 14, 1939) is an American musician and composer known for electronic music and film scores.
Born and raised in Rhode Island, Carlos studied physics and music at Brown University before moving to New York City in 1962 to study music composition at Columbia University. Studying and working with various electronic musicians and technicians at the city's Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, she helped in the development of the Moog synthesizer, Robert Moog's first commercially available keyboard instrument.
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