Otto Luening

USA, 1920–1996

American composer (1900-1996). His 1952 Fantasy in Space applied tape transformation to flute, and he co-founded the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

MusicRoots documents 1 artist who influenced Otto Luening and 1 artist Otto Luening influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Otto Luening?

• Ferruccio Busoni — Luening studied with Busoni in Zurich as a teenager — the visionary of the New Esthetic personally blessed the future tape pioneer.

Which artists did Otto Luening influence?

• Wendy Carlos — Luening was Carlos's other teacher at Columbia; his tape composition was the discipline she carried over to the synthesizer.