Charles Dodge (composer)

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For the American Civil War General of the same name, see Charles C. Dodge.

Charles Dodge (b. Ames, Iowa, June 5, 1942) is an American composer best known for his electronic music, specifically his computer music. He is a former student of Darius Milhaud and Gunther Schuller.

Contents 1 Education and Teaching Career 2 Music 3 Discography 4 References 5 External links 5.1 Listening

[edit] Education and Teaching Career

Dodge received his undergraduate education (BA) at the University of Iowa, and earned his MA and doctorate (DMA) at Columbia University. In the 1970's he taught at Columbia and subsequently founded the Center for Computer Music at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York where he was Professor of Music. He also taught at the City University Graduate Center. Currently, (2008) he holds the position of Visiting Professor at Dartmouth College. In addition to his work as a composer, Dodge is noted for co-authoring the highly praised book Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition, and Performance, ISBN 0-02-864682-7 ^[1] Best known in recent years as the owner, with his wife Katherine, of the Putney Mountain Winery in Putney, Vermont. The company has experienced growth every year since its founding in 1998.

[edit] Music

Perhaps his best known piece is the Earth's Magnetic Field (1970). Other important works include Any Resemblance is Purely Coincidental, (piano and tape), Speech Songs, The Waves (voice and computer music), and Profile. Any Resemblance is Purely Coincidental is notable in that it combines a recorded performance of "Vesti la giubba," sung by Enrico Caruso that has been digitally manipulated, with a live piano performance.

[edit] Discography

"Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center 1961-1973" New York: New World Records, 1998.

• Earth's Magnetic Field

"Synthesized Voices" CRI SD 348, 1976.

• In Celebration
• Speech Songs
• The Story Of Our Lives

"Electro Acoustic Music 1" Cambridge, MA: Neuma, 1990.

• Profile

"Any Resemblance is Purely Coincidental" San Francisco: New Albion, 1994.

• Any Resemblance is Purely Coincidental
• Speech Songs
• The Waves
• Viola Elegy

"The Composer in the Computer Age III, CDCM Series Volume 18" Baton Rouge: Centaur, 2006?.

• In Celebration

[edit] References

1. ^ Daniel Hosken Computer Music Journal, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Winter, 1999), pp. 92-95

[edit] External links

• Charles Dodge page at Dartmouth College Department of Music site
• Charles Dodge papers in the Music Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

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[edit] Listening

• Epitonic.com: Charles Dodge two works from Any Resemblance is Purely Coincidental
• Art of the States: Charles Dodge Any Resemblance is Purely Coincidental (1980)
• Charles Dodge interview from American Mavericks site