Salvatore Martirano

One of the first musicians to experiment with computer-assisted composition, Salvatore Martirano made a significant impact on American musical life as a composer, teacher, instrument builder, and performer. Born Salvatore Giovanni Martirano, he started playing the piano at age five. In his late teens he served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a band clarinetist, and spent the years 1946 and 1947 touring with jazz bands. Years of further musical studies followed: with Herbert Elwell at Oberlin College (1947 -- 1951), with Bernard Rogers at the Eastman School of Music (1952), and wit...