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Everything about Max Mathews
American computer music pioneer (1926–2011)
Max Vernon Mathews was an American pioneer of computer music. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Max MathewsA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: BibleThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Interview with Max MathewsCited 26 times
- Go sideways: MUSIC-NA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Computer musicA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Interview with Max Mathews
An Interview with Max Mathews
Conducting the MIDI Orchestra, Part 1: Interviews with Max Mathews, Barry Vercoe, and Roger Dannenberg
Max Mathews’ magical music machines
Max Mathews in real-time
Max V. Mathews, the computer music pioneer
Institut National de l'Audiovisuel: Portraits Polychromes: Max Mathews
Wave Studies: Sailing an Ocean with Max and Marjorie Mathews
đź“š Books worth reading
BibleBible · 1200
Alice's Adventures in WonderlandLewis Carroll · 1865
Richard IIIWilliam Shakespeare · 1597
Henry IV, Part 1William Shakespeare · 1598
Les fleurs du malCharles Baudelaire · 1855
A New Voyage Round the WorldWilliam Dampier, Nicholas Thomas · 1697
Enjoyment of poetryMax Eastman · 1913
Enjoyment of poetryMax Eastman · 1913
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