Category:Max Mathews

Max Mathews
	American pioneer in computer music
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Date of birth	13 November 1926; Columbus
Date of death	21 April 2011; San Francisco pneumonia;
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Educated at	California Institute of Technology;
Occupation	inventor; university teacher; computer scientist; engineer;
Employer	Stanford University;
Member of	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; National Academy of Sciences; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; National Academy of Engineering;
Award received	Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres; IEEE David Sarnoff Award; Ordre des arts et des lettres; ASA Silver Medal (1989);
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Max Vernon Mathews born November 13, 1926, Columbus, Nebraska, USA – April 21, 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA) is a pioneer in the world of computer music.

Working at Bell Labs, Mathews wrote MUSIC, the first widely-used program for sound generation, in 1957. For the rest of the century, he continued as a leader in digital audio research, synthesis, and human-computer interaction as it pertains to music performance.