Dawn of Computer Music

The first song composed for and played by a computer was The Silver Scale on May 17, 1957. This video discusses the physics and hardware necessary for this invention, as well as the domain specific language, MUSIC-V, that arose for efficient programming of sound waves.

References:

Roads, Curtis. 2011. The computer music tutorial. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.

Fagen, M. D., Amos E. Joel, and G. E. Schindler. 1975. A history of engineering and science in the Bell System.

Gareth Loy and Curtis Abbott. 1985. Programming languages for computer music synthesis, performance, and composition. ACM Comput. Surv. 17, 2 (June 1985), 235–265. https://doi.org/10.1145/4468.4485

Max V. Mathews, Joan E. Miller, F. R. Moore, John R. Pierce, and J. C. Risset. 1969. The Technology of Computer Music. The MIT Press.
https://archive.org/details/TheTechnol_00_Math

Newman Guttman, "The Silver Scale," track 1 on Computer Music Currents 13: The Historical CD of Digital Sound Synthesis. Wergo, WER 20332.
https://en.schott-music.com/shop/computer-music-currents-13-no93269.html

John Chowning, Max Mathews, Curtis Roads. 2004. Odysseys in Technology: Music Meets The Computer, lecture by John Chowning et al. Computer History Museum Speaker Series, Computer History Museum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hloic1oBfug

Roads, C., and Max Mathews. “Interview with Max Mathews.” Computer Music Journal 4, no. 4 (1980): 15–22. https://doi.org/10.2307/3679463.