Andrew Schloss
{{Short description|American composer and computer engineer (born 1952)}}
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Andrew Schloss ({{italic correction|né}} Walter Andrew Schloss; born 1952 Hartford, Connecticut) is an American musician and computer engineer.{{Sfn|Nevile–Schloss, September 14,|2005|p=}}{{Sfn|W. Andrew Schloss bio||p=}}{{Sfn|Fuller,|2013|p=}}
Career
Schloss is perhaps best known for his work with the radiodrum,{{Sfn|Matthews, Boie, Schloss, |1989|p=}} a three-dimensional midi-controller.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} Schloss is a pioneer{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}} in computer-music technology, and worked at IRCAM and the CCRMA in the 1980s. He has performed with Léon Theremin, Laurie Anderson, Tito Puente, Chucho Valdés, David A. Jaffe and Peter Brook. He has collaborated extensively with David A. Jaffe, who has composed a variety of works for him, including "The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World," for radiodrum-performed Disklavier and ensemble.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} Schloss teaches at the University of Victoria and heads the Music Computer Science joint degree program.
Schloss earned a PhD in 1985 from Stanford University,{{Sfn|Schloss PhD dissertation,|1985|p=}} where he worked at CCRMA – the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics.
Selected technography
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- {{Hanging indent |text=Vol. 15: The Virtuoso in the Computer Age – V: Music For the Matthews/Boie Radio Drum and Radio Baton (1994) }}
- {{Hanging indent |text=David A. Jaffe and Andrew Schloss, "Wildlife," for Zeta violin & radio drum (music for the [Max] Matthews and [Bob] Boie radio drum and radio baton);{{Sfn|Matthews, Boie, Schloss, |1989|p=}} David Jaffe (Zeta violin) and Andrew Schloss (radio drum) (1994) }}
- Part 1: "Sonata "Sacre"
- Part 2: "The Most Religious"
- Part 3: "Reversed Orbits"
- Part 4: "Oracular and Prophetic"
- Part 5: "Edible Trance"
Centaur CRC 2190
Discogs [https://www.discogs.com/release/1773079 release ID 1773079].
Allmusic [https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0001371262 album ID mw0001371262].
{{Hanging indent |text={{OCLC|889982094|767690601|911745337}}, {{OCLC search link|986753145}}, {{OCLC search link|30941232}}, {{OCLC search link|778855005}}, {{OCLC search link|1180811331}}. }}
- {{Hanging indent |text=David A. Jaffe and Andrew Schloss, "Wildlife," for Zeta violin & radio drum (music for the [Max] Matthews and [Bob] Boie radio drum and radio baton);{{Sfn|Matthews, Boie, Schloss, |1989|p=}} David Jaffe (Zeta violin) and Andrew Schloss (radio drum) (1994) }}
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Bibliography
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=References=
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- {{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Fuller,|2013|p=}} |date=2013 |chapter=Andrew Schloss |chapter-url= |chapter-format= |editor1-last=Fuller |editor1-first=Amy Elisabeth |title=Contemporary Authors: a bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields |url= |url-status= |url-access= |format= |type= |series= |language=en-US |volume=327 |location= |publisher=Gale |page= |pages= |access-date= |via= }}{{space|1}}{{ISBN|978-1-4144-8183-8|1-4144-8183-7}}, {{ISSN|0010-7468}}, {{OCLC|810280741}}.
- {{cite journal |ref={{SfnRef|Matthews, Boie, Schloss, |1989|p=}} |last1=Matthews |first1=Max Vernon (1926–2011) |author-link1=Max Matthews |last2=Boie |first2=Robert Albert (born 1939) |author-link2= |last3=Schloss |first3=Andrew |author-link3=Andrew Schloss |date=1989 |title=The Radio Drum as a Synthesizer Controller |url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.bbp2372.1989.010 |access-date=March 29, 2021 |url-access= |journal=Proceedings of the International Computer Music Association Conference, San Francisco |language=en-US |volume= 1989|pages= |jstor= |hdl=2027/spo.bbp2372.1989.010 |jstor-access= }}{{space|1}}{{OCLC|832793790|show=all}} (article).
- {{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|Nevile–Schloss, September 14,|2005|p=}} |url=https://cycling74.com/articles/an-interview-with-andrew-schloss |title=An Interview With Andrew Schloss |last1=Nevile |first1=Ben (interviewer) |author-link= |last2=Schloss |first2=Andrew (interviewee) |author-link2=Andrew Schloss |date=September 14, 2005 |website=Cycling '74 |language=en |type=blog |access-date=December 28, 2020 |postscript=.{{space|1}}The interview was at Schloss' home in Seattle. Schloss, in 1996, was a member of the Examining Committee for Ben Nevile's masters thesis for Master of Applied Science degree in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Victoria: "Gesture Analysis Through a Computer’s Audio Interface: The Audio-Input Drum." }}
- {{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Schloss PhD dissertation,|1985|p=}} |last1=Schloss |first1=Walter Andrew |author-link1=Andrew Schloss |date=1985 |title=On the Automatic Transcription of Percussive Music: From Acoustic Signal to High-Level Analysis |url= |url-status= |url-access= |format= |type=PhD dissertation |language=en-US |location=Palo Alto |publisher=Stanford University |access-date= |via= }}{{space|1}}{{OCLC|221337201|show=all}}.
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= Primary sources =
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- {{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|W. Andrew Schloss bio||p=}} |url=https://www.uvic.ca/finearts/music/people/faculty/profiles/schloss-w.-andrew.php |title=W. Andrew Schloss – Professor Electronic & Computer Music, Acoustics, Ethnomusicology |website= University of Victoria, School of Music |type=bio – faculty website |language=en |access-date=December 28, 2020 }}
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External links
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.fondation-langlois.org/html/e/page.php?NumPage=247|title=Andrew Schloss (biography)|website=Fondation-langlois.org|accessdate=28 December 2020}}
- Discogs [https://www.discogs.com/artist/92238-Andrew-Schloss artist ID 1773079].
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Category:American electronic musicians
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