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Book SynopsisDrawing on published and unpublished interviews with Wendy Carlos and with other people in her life and career, this full biography tells the story of Carlos' life from her childhood in Pawtucket, Rhode Island to her present life in New York and the secrecy that has surrounded it.
Trade ReviewThe haunting story and magnificent work of Wendy Carlos is recounted in a fascinating book by musicologist Amanda Sewell, published by Oxford University Press. * Juan Carlos Tellechea, Mundo Classico *
[Sewell] contextualizes the historical and technological details of Carlos's music with the accessible clarity of a gifted public musicologist and radio host ... Wendy Carlos: A Biography starts an important conversation about a composer who is often relegated to the peripheries of twentieth-century music. * Bradley M. Spiers, BACH: Journal of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute *
Table of ContentsDedication Acknowledgements Introduction. The Phenomenon of Wendy Carlos Chapter 1. Origins (1939-1962) Chapter 2. Foundations (1962-67) Chapter 3. Switched-On Bach and Undesired Fame (1968-69) Chapter 4. Something Went Wrong (1970-1978) Chapter 5. "Welcome Back, Wendy!" The Playboy Interview (1979) Chapter 6. Transformations (1979-1984) Chapter 7. The Last of the New (1985-1997) Chapter 8. Reissuing the Past (1998-2005) Chapter 9. Preserving, Protecting, and Defending Her Legacy (2006-Present) Glossary Bibliography
