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Oldest Computer Music Unveiled
drewmoney writes with a cool story from the BBC, which says that "A scratchy recording of Baa Baa Black Sheep and a truncated version of In the Mood are thought to be the oldest known recordings of computer generated music. The article also collects some other very interesting bits of computer history.
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No the computer is in England it starts out with "God Save The Queen". Which is the original title of the music.
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No the computer is in England in November 1951 and starts out with "God Save The King." Which is the original title of the music.
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At least it didn't involve a goat in C#
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It does mention 'God Save The King', which is the same tune. You must have noticed that - why do you think they play that music at the Olympics when they hand out bronze medals?
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Just like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and The Alphabet song are the same.
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you just blew my mind man.
11 was a racehorse
12 was 12
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All sources point to this as the oldest computer music:
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If you leave out all the notes, it is also John Cage's 4'33".
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Looks more like a busy NetHack situation to me :P
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