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Information: American composer, inventor, and teacher Salvatore Giovanni Martirano (1927-1995) developed what Science Digest called "the world's first composing machine," the Sal Mar Construction.
Martirano, Salvatore Giovanni Sites:
Salvatore Martirano: The SMC Salvatore Martirano: The SMC: Letter to Woody Vasulka about the Sal Mar Construction and real time composing with details on various works and partial performance history. (Martirano, Salvatore Giovanni)[PDF] http://www.vasulka.org/archive/Artists3/Martirano,Salvatore/bio.pdf
Salvatore Martirano Salvatore Martirano: Detailed biography and study of various works on the self-titled memorial recording from New World Records. (Martirano, Salvatore Giovanni)[PDF] http://www.newworldrecords.org/linernotes/80535.pdf
Martirano: SalMar Construction Martirano: SalMar Construction: Information about the composing machine with photograph from the EMF Institute. (Martirano, Salvatore Giovanni) http://emfinstitute.emf.org/exhibits/martiranosalmar.html
Martirano, Salvatore Martirano, Salvatore: Brief biography emphasizing his pop-art styled works and electronic pieces from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio. (Martirano, Salvatore Giovanni) http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=5797