'' was an album of
Electronic Music released in 1961. It was the recording of a concert performed at the McMillin Theatre (today called the Miller Theatre) at
Columbia University on May 9 and 10, 1961. The stereo version was MS 6566 and the monophonic version was ML 5966. There was a sequel released in 1998 on the New World label titled ''Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center 1961–1973''.
Bülent Arel is the only artist who appears on both albums.
The Arel composition is completely electronic, with articulated signals over a continuous background texture. El-Dabh's composition, an "electronic drama," has a text drawn from the epic of
Layla And Majnun , and consists primarily of tape manipulated instrumental and vocal sounds. Ussachevsky's work has lyrics derived from the ''
Enuma Elish ''
Creation Myth , with chorus and electronic accompaniment. Babbit's piece is composed entirely on the
RCA Synthesizer . Davidovsky created a work manipulating
Sine Wave ,
Square Wave , and
White Noise generators. Luening's composition combines solo violin with RCA Synthesizer sound followed by tape manipulation.
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Bülent Arel : Stereo Electronic Music No. 1 – 10:28
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Halim El-Dabh : Leiyla and the Poet – 5:20
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Vladimir Ussachevsky : Creation—Prologue – 8:09
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Milton Babbitt : Composition for Synthesizer – 10:36
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Mario Davidovsky : Electronic Study No. 1 – 5:50
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Otto Luening : Gargoyles – 9:21
