"IBM Musicwriter" Cecil Effinger Hand Signed TLS Dated 1972 for Sale

"IBM Musicwriter" Cecil Effinger Hand Signed TLS Dated 1972 For Sale

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"IBM Musicwriter" Cecil Effinger Hand Signed TLS Dated 1972:
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Up for sale the"IBM Musicwriter" Cecil Effinger Hand Signed TLS Dated 1972.
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CecilEffinger(July 22, 1914 –December 22, 1990) was an Americancomposer,oboist, andinventor. Effinger was born inColorado Springs,Colorado, four months after composerRobert Arthur Grosswasalso born in that city;he resided in the state for most of his life.Reversing the usual cliché, he was the son of musicians and teachers, butinitially studiedmathematicsatColorado College, receiving a BA in 1935, before deciding tofollow in his parents' footsteps (Bono 2008, 6). In the meantime, he had studiedharmonyandcounterpointwith Frederick Boothroyd in 1934–36, andwent to Paris in 1939 to study composition withNadia Boulanger. He was first oboe in the orchestras ofColorado Springs (1934–41) and Denver (1937–41) and taught at the Colorado Collegebefore the Second World War (1936–41). A lifelong friendship withRoy Harrisbegan in 1941 (Worster 2001). During the Second World War he served asconductor of the 506th US Army Band in Fort Logan (Bono 2008, 6). After the war, he resumed his position at theColorado College from 1946 to 1948, when he was appointed professor ofcomposition at theUniversity of ColoradoinBoulder. He remained in that position, becoming the head ofthe composition department until 1981, and was composer-in-residence thereuntil his retirement in 1984 (Worster 2001). In 1945 in Paris, Effinger conceived the ideaof a music typewriter, and by 1947 had developed a rough prototype. In March1954 he patented his machine as the "Musicwriter", and exhibited hisfirst production model in July 1955, in Denver. It was simple and robust inconstruction and was a commercial success throughout the world for more thanthirty years (Boorman and Selfridge-Field 2001, §5 (iv))). He also inventeda device to accurately determine the tempo of music as it is being performed,which he called the Tempowatch (Worster 2001). Effinger was a prolific composer, with 168works in his catalog, including five numbered symphonies, twoLittleSymphonies, and five String Quartets (Worster 2001). Choral works figure among his most popularcompositions, several of which are large scale and based on sacred subjects,including especiallyFour Pastoralesfor oboe and chorus (Worster 2001). Effinger never embraced experimentalism, andsettled on an idiom he described as "atonaltonality". He never achieved anational reputation, but was esteemed as a regional composer of high standing (Bono 2008, 6).