Larry Austin

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Larry Don Austin (12 September 1930 – 30 December 2018) was an American composer noted for his electronic and computer music works. He was a co-founder and editor of the avant-garde music periodical Source: Music of the Avant Garde. Austin gained additional international recognition when he realized a completion of Charles Ives's Universe Symphony. Austin served as the President of the International Computer Music Association (ICMA) from 1990–1994 and served on the Board of Directors of the ICMA from 1984–88 and from 1990–98. Austin was born in Duncan, Oklahoma. He received a bachelors (Music Education, 1951) and master's degree (Music, 1952) from University of North Texas College of Music. In 1955 he studied at Mills College and from 1955–1958 he engaged in graduate study at the University of California, Berkeley, leaving to accept a faculty position at the University of California, Davis. Austin studied with Canadian composer Violet Archer at the University of North Texas,[5] French composer Darius Milhaud at Mills College, and with American composer Andrew Imbrie at the University of California, Berkeley. Austin taught at the University of California, Davis from 1958 till 1972 rising from assistant professor to full professor. While at the University of California, Davis, he founded the improvisational New Music Ensemble. In 1972 he accepted a position at the University of South Florida, where he taught until 1978. In that year he returned to Texas, teaching at his alma

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Source Records 1-6, 1968-1971

CDCM Computer Music Series, Vol. 35: Ottuplo!

Austin: SoundPlays, Cityscapes, SoundPortraits

Computer Music

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Source: Music of the Avant Garde

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Source Records 1-6 - Music of the Avant Garde, 1968-1971

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A Chance Operation: The John Cage Tribute

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A Chance Operation: The John Cage Tribute [Disc 1]

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Source Magazine

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Octo Mixes

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A Chance Operation: The John Cage Tribute (Disc 1)

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Hybrid Musics

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