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A Woman to Know: Wendy Carlos

A Woman to Know: Wendy Carlos

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Julia Carpenter
Nov 22, 2016
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Composition has almost always been solitary. — Wendy Carlos

(image via The Music Museum of New England)


"A Clockwork Orange," "The Shining," "Tron" -- Wendy is the fingers on the keyboard (electronic keyboard, to be exact) behind each of these iconic soundtracks. She first made waves (~electronica waves~) in the music world with "Switched-on Bach," a Moo…

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