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Revision as of 06:32, 25 September 2003 by Hyacinth (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos, November 14, 1939) American composer and electronic musician. Carlos was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Wendy Carlos was one of the first famous performers of electronic music using synthesisers. Her first recordings were released under her birth name of Walter Carlos - being a transsexual woman, she changed her name to Wendy Carlos.
She underwent a sex-change operation in 1972. The last release to be credited under her old name was "Sonic Seasonings" (1972). The first under her new name is the "Tron" soundtrack (1982), which was released on CD in 2002.
Notable works by Walter Carlos / Wendy Carlos:
- Switched-on Bach (1968)
- The Well-Tempered Synthesizer
- Switched-on Bach II
- Switched-on Brandenburgs
- Beauty In The Beast
- A Clockwork Orange (soundtrack)
- Disney's TRON (soundtrack)
- Tales of Heaven and Hell
- Switched-on Bach 2000 (2000)