boingboing: Raymond Scott - First 100 years
You might remember this tune from about 1000000 cartoons you may have seen in your life.
That's an interesting article, though I think that they give him a bit too much credit for 'setting the template for ambient music', which was done years earlier by Erik Satie. In any case, it's a good read and good to see the guy getting some much needed recognition, especially considering everyone is familiar with at least one of his compositions, whether they realize who wrote it or not.
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