Jon Appleton (1939),
mainly active in New York, was one of the
pioneers of electronic music. His work on
Syntonic Menagerie (Flying Dutchman, 1969),
and
Human Music (Flying Dutchman, 1970), with Don Cherry,
introduced electronic instruments to a wider audience.
Other compositions were collected on
The World Music Theatre (Folkways, 1976),
Music for Synclavier and Other Digital Systems (Folkways, 1979)
Four Fantasies For Synclavier (Folkways, 1982),
Two Melodramas for Synclavier (Folkways, 1982).
Contes de la Memoire (Empreintes Digitales, 1996) is a compilation of
compositions from different eras.
Syntonic Menagerie 2 (Phonomena, 2003)
Appleton died in 2022 at the age of 83.
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(Translation by/ Tradotto da Adam DiAngelo)
Jon Appleton (nato a Hollywood, California 1939) fu uno dei pionieri
della musica elettronica. Le sue opere "Syntonic menagerie" (sull'
etichetta Flying Dutchman 1969) e "Human music" con Don Cherry (anche
sull'etichetta Flying Dutchman 1970) presentarono gli strumenti
elettronici ad un' udienza piu grande.
Altre composizioni vennero raccolte sull'album "The world music theatre"
(Folkways 1976) "Music for synclavier and other digital systems"
(Folkways 1979) "Four fantasies for synclavier" (Folkways 1982) e "Two
melodramas for synclavier" (Folkways 1982).
"Contes de la memoire" (Empreintes Digitales 1996) e' un'antologia
dei suoi brani delle varie eta'.
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