Computer History Museum

Music From Mathematics, Played by IBM 7090 Computer and Digital to Sound Transducer

18 songs played by an IBM 7090 computer with a digital-to-sound transducer, using punch cards. This recording contains the first songs composed and played on a computer. The songs, composed by Max Matthews and John Pierce, were recorded by Bruce Strasser at Bell Laboratories.

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Item Details

Type
Audio
Catalogue number
102651537
People
John Robinson Pierce (Author)
Max Mathews (Author)
Format
Phonograph Record
Credit line
Gift of John Ehrman
Acquisition number
X3318.2006