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eno iview, index magazine, 02
aphex twin iview, index magazine, jan 01
autechre iview, index magazine, 00
galas iview, index magazine, 99
cage iview, the wire, 98
eno iview, edge, jan 97
boulez iview, ensemble sospeso, 93
cage iview, pataphysics, jan 90
cage iview, p3, jan 89
cage autobiogr, nov 89
cage iview, 87
cage iview, audio arts, 83
cage iview, tricycle, mar 82
cage iview, brilliant corners, oct 77
cage iview, 70s
 
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hip surgery music guide, txt
 
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steve reich (36 li 13 lamat) .us/ny
is min
uses rhythm, harmony (72-), melody (81-)
offers a process of gradual progression
intr in balinese & african music
studied composition @ mills college (63) & juilliard school (61), phil @ cornell (57), drumming w/ new york philharmonic orchestra
 
1992
la monte young (35 li 10 ix) .us/ny/nyc
+
is min
offers a continuous sound of a constant pitch
studied el music @ new school for social research (61), composition @ uni of california berkeley (60) & ucla (58)
intr in indian classical music (hindustani)
founded mela foundation (+nath, 85), theatre of eternal music (62)
composed the well-tuned piano (64-73-81-present), the tortoise, his dreams and journeys (64-present)
w/ zazeela (visuals), pandit pran nath, riley
 

john coltrane (26-67 li 6 lamat) .us
is jazz
played sax
studied granoff studios philadelphia, ornstein school philadelphia
w/ tyner, elvin jones, davis (50s)
 

dmitri shostakovich (06-75 li 1 oc) .ru/moskva + .ru/leningrad +
crt symphonies, operas, works for piano & strings, cantatas, ballets, film scores
played piano
studied @ conservatory @ st petersburg
infl by mahler, bach, beethoven
 

miles davis (26-91 ge 3 lamat) .us/new york +
is jazz, funky, pre-el
played trumpet, flugelhorn
studied @ juilliard school (47)
recorded kind of blue (59), round about midnight (56), birth of the cool (50)
w/ hancock (60s), coltrane (50s), evans
 

györgi ligeti (23 ge 2 men) .hu
crt 12tone serialism
studied music @ budapest academy
teach @ hamburg (73-), stanford (72), stockholm (61-72), budapest academy
 

sun ra (14-93 ge 13 kan) .us/new york + .us/philadelphia + .us/chicago
is jazz => el
played sax, celesta, organ, piano
studied sax @ washington
@ arkestra
 

igor stravinsky (882-71 ge 7 oc) .ru + .fr/paris + .us/hollywood
crt neoclass+serialism+postromant, picasso-like
crt symphonies, operas, ballets, piano concertos
studied composition @ st petersburg
infl by webern
w/ diaghilev
non-easy friends w/ prokofiev
taught @ harvard uni
 

philip glass (37 aq 3 lamat) .us
is min
crt piano pieces, operas
plays piano
uses a process of development founded on the progression of a repeated figure
studied @ central asia, northern africa, india w/ shankar (67); composition @ paris w/ boulanger (66), w/ milhaud (64), composition @ julliard music school (60), phil & math @ uni of chicago, flute, piano, harmony & composition @ peabody conservatory baltimore (56)
formed mabou mines theatre @ new york (w/ akalaitis - wife)
w/ robert wilson
 

luigi nono (24-90 aq 1 imix) .it/venice
crt 12tone serialism, el, operas
is conservative
studied @ venice conservatory (45)
married schönberg's daughter
 

alban berg (885-35 aq 12 caban) .at/wien
crt expr, 12tone serialism
crt operas, violin concertos
studied composition @ wien w/ schönberg
founded society for private performances
w/ schönberg
 
fire
 

herbie hancock (40 ar 12 ix) .us/new york +
is jazz, r&b
plays piano
studied electrical engineering & music @ grinnell college
w/ davis (60s)
 

piérre boulez (25 ar 6 ik) .fr
crt 12tone serialism
studied @ paris conservatory w/ messiaen (45)
infl by vaurabourg, leibowitz, webern
as chief conductor @ new york philharmonic orchestra (71-78) & bbc symphony orchestra (71-74)
@ GRM
composed domaines for clarinet and 21 instruments, rituel for orchestra (75)
 

béla bartok (881-45 ar 13 imix) .hu/budapest
crt piano concertos, works for violin, fun pieces for children
played piano
studied piano & composition @ budapest academy (03)
infl by folk songs, debussy, strauss
w/ kodály
 

sergei rachmaninov (873-43 ar 12 lamat) .us/ny/nyc + .ru/moskva
crt piano concertos, operas
raised @ aristocratic family
studied piano & composition @ moskva conservatory (892), @ st petersburg conservatory (885)
 

rob brown (70 sa 2 caban*) .uk/london +
uses anls; algs
studied arch
w/ sean booth
 

frank zappa (40-93 sa 5 manik) .us
my job is extrapolating everything to its most absurd extreme
is songwriter, guitarist, singer
infl by varése, stravinsky
founded barking pumpkin label (late 70s)
studied music theory @ chaffey college alta loma ca (59, just 1/2 year)
w/ vai
 

pierre henry (27 sa 6 oc) .fr/paris
crt musique concréte
studied piano & percussion w/ passeronne, composition w/ boulanger, harmony w/ messiaen @ paris conservatory
intr in cinema
composed symphonie pour un homme soul (+schaeffer, 51) - 1st major work of musique concréte
w/ schaeffer (-59)
 

edgard varése (885-65 sa 3 ben) .fr/paris + .us
best works completely reject traditional melody and harmony, instead build from blocks of sounds, relying on tone color, texture and rhythm
crt el music, musique concréte
studied composition @ schola cantorum w/ roussel & d'indy, @ conservatory w/ widor, math & sci @ paris
founded international composers' guild for the advancement of experimental music (21)
@ GRM
 

anton von webern (883-45 sa 8 kan) .at/wien
crt expr, 12tone serialism
studied musicology @ uni of wien w/ schönberg (06)
 

richard d james (71 le 2 caban) .uk/london ++
aka aphex twin
 

karlheinz stockhausen (28 le 2 cimi) .de/cologne
crt el music, 12tone serialism
studied phonetics & communication research @ bonn uni, germanistics & phil & musicology @ cologne uni, piano & educational music @ state music college
worked @ studio for electronic music of wdr cologne
@ GRM
taught @ cologne music college (70-77, prof of composition)
 

pierre schaeffer (10-95 le 2 lamat) .fr
crt musique concréte
was GRM head; director of research department @ ortf (60-75)
composed symphonie pour un homme soul (+henry, 51) - 1st major work of musique concréte, concert of noises (48) broadcasted @ RTF paris
w/ henry (-59)
 
earth
 
1995
david tudor (26-96 cp 7 ik) .us/ny/nyc
played piano
studied composition & analysis w/ wolpe, organ & theory w/ hawke, piano w/ rademacher
w/ cage, cunningham
 
1995
morton feldman (26-87 cp 12 ix) .us/ny/nyc
studied w/ wolpe, music & piano
w/ cage
taught @ uni of new york buffalo (73-87, prof)
 

brian eno (48 ta 1 manik) .uk
critics of my music have stated that nothing much happens in my music. but if a painting is hanging on the wall where we live, we don't feel that we're missing something by not paying an attention
crt ambient - no narratives, no words
studied conceptual painting & sound sculpture @ suffolk
 

sergei prokofiev (891-53 ta 4 kan) .ru/moskva
crt piano concertos, symphonies, operas
studied composition & piano @ st petersburg conservatory w/ rimsky-korsakov (09)
intr in literature
 

sean booth (72 vi 13 eb) .uk/suffolk +
either you know everything, or you know nothing. there is no in-between. it's in the inbetween where people fall over
uses anls; algs
w/ rob brown
 

diamanda galas (55 vi 10 lamat) .us +
is singer (4-octave vocal range)
studied visual art performance & piano @ uni of california
insp by schrei opera of german expr
intr in baudelaire's poetry
w/ john paul jones (led zeppelin)
 

john cage (12-92 vi 13 ahau) .us/ny/nyc
whether i make them or not, there are always sounds to be heard and all of them are excellent (54)
you don't need to call it music, if the term shocks you
crt chance music, el music, musique concréte
lives i ching, indeterminacy, purposeful purposelessness, life=art, nature=art
studied indian aesthetics w/ coomaraswamy, w/ schönberg & varese
infl by zen buddhism, i ching
intr in art, dance, phil, zen buddhism
composed sonatas and interludes for prepared piano
w/ tudor, feldman
 

arnold schönberg (874-51 vi 9 etznab) .de/berlin + .us/los angeles
crt 12tone serialism (23-)
 
water
 

terry riley (35 cn 2 ik) .us +
is min
intr in indian classical music (hindustani)
studied music @ uni of california berkeley & san francisco state uni
w/ harrington, pandit pran nath, monte young
 

maurice ravel (875-37 pi 2 ben) .fr/paris
crt piano pieces, operas, ballets
studied @ paris conservatory w/ fauré (05)
 
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1997
acid mothers temple & the melting paraiso u.f.o. (96) .jp +
are kawabata makoto, tsuyama atsushi, higashi hiroshi, ichiraku yoshimitsu, cotton casino..
crt cosmic sounds ;)
 

spunk (96) .no +
are lene grenager, kristin andersen, hild sofie tafjord, maja solveig kjelstrup ratkje (73.12.29 -cp, 7 ahau)
 

tool (90) .us/ca/los angeles +
are maynard james keenan (64 ar, 2 cauac, vocal), adam jones (65 cp 2 eb, guitar), danny carey (61 ta 9 manik, drums), justin chancellor (bass)
 

supersilent (97) .no +
are helge sten, stale storlokken, jarle vespestad, arve henriksen
 

sigur rós (94) .ic +
are jón ţór birgisson (75 ta 6 ahau, vocals, guitar), kjartan sveinsson (78 cp 2 kan, piano, keyboards, guitar, flute), georg holm (76 ar 3 lamat, bass), orri páll dýrason (77 cn 2 ik, drums)
 
2001
fantômas (98) .us/ca +
are mike patton (68 aq 4 cauac), buzz osborne, dave lombardo, trevor dunn
infl by hardcore/death metal, cartoon music, film soundtracks
 

 
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