{"product_id":"4400-in-memoriam-babbitt-milton-signed-photograph","title":"[In Memoriam] Babbitt, Milton. (1916 - 2011) Signed Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn interesting signed 8 x 10 inch photograph of the American composer and musical innovator, shown here in front of one of the early synthesizers whose musical applications he pioneered. \"The operator sits before a keyboard, not unlike a typewriter, and conveys to the machine his instructions in the form of holes punched on a paper roll fifteen inches wide.  These holes represent binary decimal code numbers which determine the resultant pitch class, octave, envelope (growth and decay characteristics), spectrum (broadly speaking: timbre), and intensity of the musical event.\" (Babbitt, \"Electronic Music,\" in \"The Collected Essays,\" p. 73) Signed and inscribed along the lower blank margin, in fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093224214687,"sku":"4400","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Babbitt_2C_Milton_SP066.jpg?v=1722186694","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/4400-in-memoriam-babbitt-milton-signed-photograph","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}