In Memoriam Jon Appleton. (January 4, 1939 – January 30, 2022)
Jon, an inspired composer who did not shy away from experimentation. Many of his works have been premiered at the annual festival of the Groupe de Musique Experimentale de Bourges (France) and at Fylkingen in Stockholm, Sweden. A new trend of “programmatic electronic music” emerged. Music that is based on a narrative.
In the late 1970s, Jon was closely involved in the development of the Synclavier (designed by Thayer professor Sydney Alsonso and Cameron Jones). This is a computer music system with an integrated synthesizer, sampler and hard disk recorder. Composers who used this system included Joel Chadabe, Frank Zappa, Laurie Anderson, Trevor Horn and Robert Henke. This system was a flagship of the music industry productions, allowing e.g. sampling techniques which became very popular with the general public.
In the field of technique & composition, he taught and wrote numerous articles and books. Under his direction, the Elektronmusikstudion (EMS) in Stockholm, flourished again in music education and music production.
In Memoriam on our newspage, written by Roland Kuit.
1/ Infantasy, 1969 Jon Appleton. (1) 02:48
2/ In Deserto, 1977 Jon Appleton. (4) 10:02
3/ Dr. Quisling in Stockholm,1971 John Appleton. (3) 12:54
4/ Stet, 1982 Jon Appleton. (2) 11:55
5/ Hommage To Orpheus, 1974 Jon Appleton. (1) 03:14
Album (1): The World Music Theatre of Jon Appleton.
Label: Folkways Records.
Catalogue numbers: FTS 33437.
Release date: 1974.
Album (2): Four Fantasies for Synclavier.
Label: Folkways Records.
Catalogue numbers: FW37461, FTS 37461.
Release date: 1982.
Album (3): Syntonic Menagery 2.
Label: PhOnOmena Audio Arts.
Catalogue number: PAAM 010.
Release date: 2003.
Album (4): Music for Synclavier and Other Digital Systems.
Label: Folkways Records.
Catalogue number: FTS 33445.
Release date: 1978.
