feature of the human/machine interface is that it allows the user to switch from control of macro to micro parameters of the information output. This is analogous to a zoom lens on a camera. Legacy and honors In the year following Martiano's death, a music composition award was established in his name, the Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award, and has been given annually since 1996. References External links Salvatore Martirano archive, The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, University of Illinois 1927 births 1995 deaths American male classical composers American classical composers American people of Italian descent People from Yonkers, New York 20th-century classical composers University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty Experimental Music Studios alumni 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians Oberlin College alumni Centaur Records artists