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Article: All My Hummingbirds Have Alibis. (Software Review)(Evaluation)
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- December 1, 1996
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 Music Library Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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This CD-ROM is an important milestone. It was created by a significant composer and includes a multimedia work that was composed specifically for the CD-ROM medium. This work is not actually the title piece, but a shorter work derived from it entitled 5 Scenes from an Imaginary Ballet. According to the accompanying booklet, this is "the first piece of music composed especially for CD-ROM." If this is so, and there is no reason to doubt it, this fact alone is significant. That this work and its companion are also well-structured, engaging, and convincing works as purely auditory experiences makes Subotnick's achievement even more impressive.
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