{"id":627,"date":"2012-05-23T11:24:52","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T15:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westwoodvalley.com\/?p=627"},"modified":"2012-05-23T11:24:52","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T15:24:52","slug":"my-musical-evolution-part-71-getting-switched-on-to-classical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrharrison.com\/musicalevolution\/2012\/05\/23\/my-musical-evolution-part-71-getting-switched-on-to-classical\/","title":{"rendered":"My Musical Evolution – Part 71 Getting Switched-On To Classical"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Switched-On<\/a>Was it destiny that brought us to Switched-On Bach on Robert Moog’s birthday? As we discussed in earlier posts, I have had some exposure to Classical music. In the late 1970’s it was my Aunt’s Switched-On Bach album that really connected me to Classical.\u00a0 The artist was called Walter Carlos back then but goes by Wendy these days.\u00a0 Switched On Bach was a great step into Classical. The instrument was a Moog synthesizer created by birthday boy Robert Moog. Moog developed the Moog synthesizer in the 1960’s and in 1968 Walter\/Wendy Carlos released Switched-On Bach.<\/p>\n

I loved the electronic sound of the synthesizer and the mathematical compositions by Bach. In the past I listened to classical pieces on mom’s old gas station albums but never got into it enough to learn the names of the compositions or the composers. With Switched-On Bach, it was obvious that Bach was the master behind the music and it lead to me seeking out more Bach works. In essence, Wendy Carlos is responsible for Bach being my first favorite composer.\u00a0 Even so, I was still years away from my first Classical music purchase.<\/p>\n

It is sad that Wendy Carlos so aggressively scours youtube.com for any postings of his\/her pieces then threatens legal action on anybody who dares to share. I really would have like to have shared some of them with you. They really are fantastic.\u00a0 As I searched for Switched-On Bach, I found several Bach pieces played on synthesizers and more than a few negative messages directed at Wendy Carlos.\u00a0 Even Amazon doesn’t seem to be able to supply samples.
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