12/5/69 Guide to the James W Beauchamp Harmonic Tone Generator and Papers Beauchamp, James Finding Aid Authors: Scott Schwartz.

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Guide to the James W Beauchamp Harmonic Tone Generator and Papers 1963/1966 The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music Overview of the Collection James W Beauchamp Harmonic Tone Generator and Papers 1963-1966 12/5/69 Beauchamp, James W., 1937-2022 5.25 English The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
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Biographical Information:

James Warren Beauchamp (1937-2022) was Professor Emeritus in both the School of Music and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois. Dr. Beauchamp received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Michigan, in 1960 and 1961 respectively. In 1965, he graduated from the University of Illinois with a PhD in electrical engineering. His dissertation was entitled Electronic Instrumentation for the Synthesis, Control, and Analysis of Harmonic Musical Tones. He worked closely with his mentor, composition professor Lejaren Hiller during his PhD studies to create the Harmonic Tone Generator, among the first voltage-controlled electronic music synthesizers. The HTG was used in a number of electronic music projects staged at the University of Illinois, including Salvatore Martirano's Underworld. He joined the electrical engineering faculty in 1965. Shortly after, he took a leave of absence which he spent working in Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He returned in 1969 to his joint appoitment in electrical engineering and music. During his tenure at Illinois, he served as director of the School of Music's Experimental Music Studios, during which time he headed the Hybrid Computer Project and the Computer Music Project. Dr. Beauchamp was a fellow of both the Audio Engineering Society and the Acoustical Society of America. He was also a visiting scholar at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics and a visiting researcher at the Institut de recherche et coordination in acoustique musique (IRCAM) in Paris.

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Topical Term: Electrical Engineering Department Music, School of
Administrative Information Acquisition Information:

Gift

Accruals:

Folder of news-clippings donated on 11/16/2017.

Related Materials:

For further information about other Lejaren Hiller sound recordings and personal papers please visit the University at Buffalo's Lejaren Hiller Papers.

Information about related materials is available at https://research.lib.buffalo.edu/hiller

Arrangement of Materials:

Organized in one series - Series 1: Harmonic Tone Generator Components and Papers.

Scope and Contents

The James W. Beauchamp Harmonic Tone Generator and Papers, 1963-1966 includes materials concerning Dr. James W. Beauchamp's research in acoustics, electronics, and music during his time at the University of Illinois. Includes the Harmonic Tone Generator, a voltage-controlled electronic music synthesizer, a bound copy of his dissertation, photographs, and professional publications.

Detailed List of Contents id177812 Harmonic Tone Generator Components and Papers 1963-1966 id177814 1 1 "The Harmonic Tone Generator, A Voltage-Controlled Device for Additive Synthesis of Audio Harmonic Spectra" 1964 Scope and Contents

Presented at the 16th annual Audio Engineering Society meeting, October 12-16, 1964.

id177815 1 2 "Research in Music With Electronics" from Science, Vol. 150, No. 3693, pgs. 161-169 1965 id177816 1 3 "Additive Synthesis of Harmonic Musical Tones," Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 14, No. 4 1966 id177817 1 4 Photographs, 8 x 10 black and white (2) ca. 1963 Scope and Contents

Includes photo of James Beauchamp tuning the Harmonic Tone Generator at Stiven House, University of Illinois and photo of Magnavox grant being presented to Lejaren Hiller and group.

id177818 1 5 Electronic Instrumentation for the Synthesis, Control, and Analysis of Harmonic Musical Tones, bound dissertation 1965 id196218 1 6 Beauchamp News Clippings 1963 and 1966 Scope and Contents

News clippings from September 1963 and May 1966 from the Champaign-Urbana Courier and the News Gazette newspapers.

id177819 Harmonic Tone Generator Module 1963-1966 Scope and Contents

Accession number: 2015.1205069.001

id177820 Time Delay Network Module 1963-1966 Scope and Contents

Accession number: 2015.1205069.002

id177821 Time Envelope Network Module 1963-1966 Scope and Contents

Accession number: 2015.1205069.003