James Tenney

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Born
10 August 1934
Born In
Silver City, Grant County, New Mexico, United States
Died
24 August 2006 (aged 72)
James Tenney (August 10, 1934 - August 24, 2006) was an American composer and influential music theorist. Tenney was born in Silver City, New Mexico, and grew up in Arizona and Colorado. He attended the University of Denver, the Juilliard School of Music, Bennington College (B.A., 1958) and the University of Illinois (M.A., 1961). He studied piano with Eduard Steuermann and composition with Chou Wen-chung, Lionel Nowak, Paul Boepple, Henry Brant, Carl Ruggles, Kenneth Gaburo, Lejaren Hiller, John Cage, Harry Partch, and Edgard Varèse. He also studied information theory under Lejaren… read more
James Tenney (August 10, 1934 - August 24, 2006) was an American composer and influential music theorist. Tenney was born in Silver City, New Mexico, and grew up in Arizona and Colorado. He attended the University of Denver, the Juilliard School of Music, Bennington College (B.A., 1958) and t… read more
James Tenney (August 10, 1934 - August 24, 2006) was an American composer and influential music theorist. Tenney was born in Silver City, New Mexico, and grew up in Arizona and Colorado. He attended the University of Denver, the Juilliard School of Music, Bennington College (B.A., 1958) and the University of Illinois (M.A., 1961). He studied piano with Eduard Ste… read more

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1 Tenney: Three Pages in the Shape of a Pear (In Celebration of Erik Satie) Tenney: Three Pages in the Shape of a Pear (In Celebration of Erik Satie)
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2 Pika-Don Maximusic (1965)
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3 Play track Cold Blue Spectral Canon For Conlon Nancarrow
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4 Play track Selected Works 1961-1969 Collage #1 ("Blue Suede")
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5 Postal Pieces / New Music For Electronic And Recorded Media / Vocal Trio Beast (1971)
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6 Postal Pieces / New Music For Electronic And Recorded Media / Vocal Trio Having Never Written a Note for Percussion (1971)
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7 Postal Pieces / New Music For Electronic And Recorded Media / Vocal Trio Cellogram (1971)
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8 Postal Pieces / New Music For Electronic And Recorded Media / Vocal Trio For Percussion Perhaps, or... (Night) (1971)
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9 Tangled Rag Tangled Rag
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10 Play track Selected Works 1961-1969 Dialogue
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Albums

  1. 1,607 listeners

    1 Jan 1992 · 8 tracks

    James Tenney: Selected Works 1961-1969
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  2. 530 listeners

    1992 · 8 tracks

    Selected Works 1961-1969
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  3. 157 listeners

    2024 · 5 tracks

    Postal Pieces
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  4. 128 listeners

    1998 · 5 tracks

    The Solo Works For Percussion
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