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Description Salvatore Martirano - L's GA For Gassed-Masked Politico, Helium Bomb, And Two-Channel Tape An often overlooked landmark of musique concrete, the title piece, L's GA, encapsulates a blatant disregard for political posturing and farce that continues to this day. As though balanced on a knife edge, the powerful pressure of this composition challenges the listener with its horrific spectrum of pathos and taunting, and I've witnessed more than one individual react with outrage and anger. It is rare to hear something as reactionary and powerful as this audio assemblage. Born in Yonkers, Salvatore Martirano (1927-1995) grew up in New Rochelle, New York where he graduated from high school in 1945. While there he was the leader of "The Sonny Martin Band," the name of which came from Martirano's childhood nickname "Sonny." After graduating, Martirano served as a Marine for fourteen months in 1945 and 1946, during which time he performed with the Parris Island Marine Band and a touring USO show. Martirano received his undergraduate degree in 1951 from Oberlin College, where he studied composition with Herbert Elwell. A year later he completed his master's degree in composition at the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Bernard Rogers. Martirano worked in Italy from 1956 to 1959, when he was a resident fellow at the American Academy. In the early 1960s, Martirano became interested in electronic music, and this interest guided much of his work from the 1960s on. Martirano was among the very first composers in the United States to utilize and invent new computer technology for composition. Martirano created a series of electronic music systems, including the Sal-Mar Construction and YahaSALmaMac, which enabled him to write and perform music that mixed human and computer-generated sounds and composition. Many of Martirano's works incorporate twelve-tone compositional techniques as well as jazz, vernacular, and multimedia idioms. His best-known composition, L's GA (Lincoln's Gettysburg Address), was widely performed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It became associated with the anti-Vietnam War movement. Polydor #24-5001 Vinyl LP, 1968 Sharing Widget |