Researchers restore first computer music recording

New Zealand researchers said on Monday they have restored the first recording of computer-generated music, created in 1951 on a gigantic contraption built by British genius Alan Turing.

The aural artifact, which paved the way for everything from synthesizers to modern electronica, opens with a staunchly conservative tune - the British national anthem God Save the King.

Researchers at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch said it showed Turing - best known as the father of computing who broke the World War II Enigma Code - was also a musical innovator.