MILTON BABBITT

MILTON BABBITT

• Born May 10, 1916 in Philadelphia, Pa
• Died January 29, 2011 in Princeton, NJ
• He died by natural causes at University Medical Center at Princeton.
• He died at the age of 94 years old.
• He worked really hard on what he wanted to achieve.

MILTON BABBITT

• He lived in a Jewish family.
• He studied at New York University then went to Princeton.
• He started writing music when he was 4 and then wrote pop songs by the carload when he was 6.
• He played electronic which means that includes electronic music and electronic music technology.

MILTON BABBITT

• Milton played Violin, Clarinet, and the Saxophone
• The main style of his music was electronic
• Electronic music is preformed using synthesizers and other electronic instruments.
• He practiced quite a lot with the Violin when he was 4 years old but confessed he always faked it.
• He also did the 12-tone and wanted to take full control over the compositions.

MILTON BABBITT

• Compositions and Major Works
• Philomel
• Phonemena
• Post-partitions
• Ensembles for synthesizer

MILTON BABBITT

• Philomel
• Fast tempo
• Uses a loud voice with soft music for the voice to stand out
• Music is dark and choppy
• Music represents an eriness

MILTON BABBITT

• Truck bomb expolodes in World Trade Centers
• Lead singer, Kurt Cobain, from Nirvana, commits suicide, 1994
• O.J Simpson is arrested for first degree murder in 1995
• Bill Clinton is impeached 1999
• Columbine Highschool Massacure 1999

PHILOMEL


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