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wesleyan-studio-report-instrument-collection-bbp2372.2015.0332.5 World Instrument Collection
In 1998, the World Instrument Collection (WIC) accepted
the donation of the David Tudor’s electronic instruments.
This collection includes a vast array of homemade electronics, instruments built by Don Buchla, Hugh LeCaine, Tony
Gnazzo and others, and an equally vast collection of effects
pedals that were all used in Tudor’s compositions. Recent
work by Michael Johnsen (composer and designer of modules for Pittsburgh modular) and You Nakai have made
enormous strides in identifying the connection of specific
modules to specific pieces. A symposium is being planned
for February 2016 that will present that research together
with work by others on the complex and poorly understood
career of Tudor.
In December 2014 WIC received a donation of instruments from composer David Behrman, who has a long and
rich history with David Tudor from his time as a musician
in the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and with Alvin
Lucier from their days as members of the Sonic Arts Union.
In addition, Peter Blasser of Ciat-Lonbarde and Shbobo is
donating a set of his early instruments to the WIC, many of
which have been used in the workshops and performances
that have been a focus of his graduate work at Wesleyan.
The resurgence of idiosyncratic analog electronic circuitry
has made Wesleyan a dynamic environment for exploring
these instruments and their potential interrelation with contemporary computer music performance practices.