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Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. was established in 1925 through the consolidation of various engineering departments within the American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) Company and the Western Electric company. In 1934, AT&T's Development and Research Department, which had been devoted to bridging the gap between laboratory research and the operations of communication systems, was integrated into Bell Laboratories. In 1984, as a consequence of a divestiture agreement with the U.S. Government, AT&T Corporation divested itself of its local exchange companies. As part of the divestiture agreement, AT&T Technologies assumed the business of Western Electric and Bell Laboratories.
Within the sphere of electronic music, Bell Labs are particularly known for their work in computer music, the pioneering work of Max Matthews in digital sound synthesis, and the resulting MUSICn series of programs.
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Created March 25, 2020.
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Manning, Peter, Eleanor Selfridge-Field, Suzel Ana Reily, and Anthony Pople. "Computers and music." Grove Music Online. 2001. History of Bell Labs