Wayne Slawson
(Ph.D., Harvard University), Professor: Composition, Theory, Computer Music. His compositions include works for various chamber ensembles, chorus and orchestra. He is best known for his theories about an aspect of timbre called "sound color" and his compositions of computer music that apply those theories. His programming system, SYNTAL, is an adaptation of a computer speech synthesizer to music composition. He has published in the fields of computer music, psychoacoustics, and music theory. His book, Sound Color (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985) won the first Outstanding Publication Award of the Society for Music Theory in 1986. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Music Theory, Music Perception, and Music Theory Spectrum.
For information about SYNTAL, Please write ygm@yankgulchmusic.com
Links to Research and Publications
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information on ordering its first publication, a paperback edition of
Wayne Slawson's Sound Color (originally, U. California Press 1985).
Included with the new edition is a CD containing newly synthesized
sound examples and a stereo version of Slawson's piece Colors, which is
discussed at some length in the book.