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Born to Russian parents in Manchuria (now Inner Mongolia , China ), Ussachevsky emigrated to the United States in 1931 and studied music at Pomona College in Claremont , California (B.A., 1935), as well as at the Eastman School Of Music in Rochester , New York (M.M., 1936, Ph.D., 1939). His early, neo-Romantic works were composed for traditional instruments, but in 1951 he began composing electronic music. In 1947, following a stint with the U.S. Army Intelligence division in World War II , he joined the faculty of Columbia University , teaching there until his retirement in 1980. Together with Otto Luening , Ussachevsky founded, in 1959, the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York City . While acting as head of the Electronic Music Center Ussachevsky specified the ADSR Envelope in 1965 , a basic component of modern Synthesizers , Samplers and electronic instruments. {Link without Title} Ussachevsky also taught and was composer-in-residence at the University Of Utah . He served as president of the American Composers Alliance from 1968 to 1970 and was an advisory member of the CRI record label, which released recordings of a number of his compositions. His notable students include Charles Wuorinen , Alice Shields , Ilhan Mimaroglu , Ingram Marshall , Wendy Carlos , and Richard Einhorn . Recordings of his music have also been released on the Capstone, d'Note, and New World labels. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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