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HONORED BY THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY

The American Physical Society, founded in 1899, celebrates its centennial in 1999. It is publishing a photograph of Paul Bley in its
"A Century of Physics" Time Line Wall and Web Chart (1899-1999),
with the following caption:

"The first performance of a music synthesizer was made be pianist Paul Bley at Philarmonic Hall, Lincoln Center in New York City on December 26, 1969. Bley developed a proprietary interface that allowed real time performance on the music synthesizer."

Paul Bley performing on the
Moog synthesizer at Philarmonic Hall, NYC Dec. 26, 1969.

Find out more about Paul Bley's thoughts on electronic music and synthesizers
in an excerpt from his autobiography.

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