#  Morton Subotnick 

 

 



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 Title: *The Key to Songs: A Tone Poem in Collage After a Surealistic Novel by Max Ernst*  
Commission: 1984  
Completed: 1985  
Instrumentation: two pianos, percussion, viola, cello, and live computer sounds  
Premiere Location: Aspen Music Festival, CO  
Premiere Ensemble:  
Notes:

 Morton Subotnick is one of the pioneers in the development of electronic music and an innovator in works involving instruments and other media, including interactive computer music systems. The work which brought Subotnick celebrity was *Silver Apples of the Moon* (1966–67), commissioned by Nonesuch Records, which marked the first time an original large-scale composition had been created specifically for the disc medium—a conscious acknowledgment that the home stereo system constituted a present–day form of chamber music. It has become a modern classic and was recently entered into the National Register of Recorded Works at the Library of Congress.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Commission Date
    
     [1984](/commissiondate/1984)
- ## Completion Date
    
     [1985](/completiondate/1985)
- ## Composer
    
     [Subotnick, Morton](/composer/subotnick-morton)
- ## Commissions
    
     [Past Commissions](/pastcommisions)