Switched-On Bach
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Switched-On Bach is a groundbreaking 1968 album of Johann Sebastian Bach compositions performed on Moog synthesizer, widely credited with popularizing electronic music.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Switched-On Bach (production collaboration) | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Moog synthesizer album
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classical music album ⓘ electronic music album ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album
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Grammy Award for Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist(s) without Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Grammy Award for Best Engineered Classical Recording NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ |
| catalogCode | MS 7194 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| certification | RIAA Gold ⓘ |
| chartPosition | Billboard 200 top 10 ⓘ |
| composer | Johann Sebastian Bach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverArtDesigner | Columbia Records art department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly positive ⓘ |
| engineer |
Rachel Elkind
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Wendy Carlos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Well-Tempered Synthesizer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | stereo ⓘ |
| genre |
baroque music
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classical crossover ⓘ electronic music ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Air on the G String
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring NERFINISHED ⓘ Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E-flat major, BWV 852 NERFINISHED ⓘ Two-Part Inventions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Switched-On Bach II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
acceptance of synthesizers in popular music
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development of electronic music ⓘ subsequent electronic interpretations of classical music ⓘ |
| instrumentation | Moog synthesizer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| mainPerformer | Wendy Carlos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | electronic classical ⓘ |
| notableFor |
popularizing electronic music
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popularizing the Moog synthesizer ⓘ |
| originalMedium | vinyl record ⓘ |
| performer | Wendy Carlos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Wendy Carlos’s early Moog demonstration recordings ⓘ |
| producer | Rachel Elkind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Columbia Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedAt | Gotham Recording Studios, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedWith | Moog modular synthesizer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1968 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Masterworks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| sales | over one million copies ⓘ |
| subjectOf | musicological studies on electronic performance of Bach ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Switched-On Bach (production collaboration)