Milton Babbitt was born in 1916. he has long been considered the composer most able to fully realize Schoenberg's ideas of serial composition. Often labeled an ultra rationalist, Babbitt was dedicated to the belief that every sound should represent a distinct purpose. He believed that music was non-emotion based. With this in mind, he felt that his music was best consumed on a cerebral level to order to obtain the maximum level of understanding.
Babbitt was one of the first to investigate the possibilities of electronic music. His interest in electronic music stemmed not from the endless timbre possibilities but from the possibility of total control and execution.
