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The Catgut Acoustical Society Library |
| File #: | B7248 |
| Name: | Boomsliter, Paul C |
| Dates: | 1915-1989 |
| See also: | C9135 - Creel, Warren. |
| General Information: |
| Professor and Chairman of the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, SUNY Albany and |
| Research Associate Professor, Albany Medical College. PhD University of Wisconsin in 1942. Central |
| nervous system identification of speech and other acoustical stimuli, particularly interested in the |
| patterning element in the perception of notes and musical sequences. With Warren Creel, Paul |
| developed a "chord organ" with several frequencies on each tone and got musicians to play different |
| types of melodies, picking out the tunings best suited to the character of the music. He did early work on |
| the preprocessing of signals by the brain and the effects of this on musical listening, and such findings as |
| Saunders reported that, when having three violins played behind a screen, it was always the second one |
| played that was preferred by the listeners. |
| File Contents: |
| B7248 | -- | 101 |
| Correspondence: (1967-1990) between Boomsliter and CMH until his death in 1989; afterward with |
| his wife Pat. Miscellaneous: Draft of obit by his daughter; cards & wedding announcement. |
| Key Words: |
| B7248 | -- | 102 |
| Technical: 12 publications, drafts and a grant proposal (1961-1975). Most are co-authored with |
| Warren Creel; See Tech Summary. |
| Key Words: | Auditory perception | metrical rhythym | theory of melody | hearing. |