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Parsing the works of the experimental music pioneer Robert
Wannamaker's monumental two-volume study explores the influential
music and ideas of American composer, theorist, writer, performer,
and educator James Tenney. Delving into the whole of Tenney's
far-ranging oeuvre, Wannamaker provides in-depth, aurally grounded
analyses of works linked to the artist's revolutionary theories of
musical form, timbre, and harmonic perception. Volume 1, Contexts
and Paradigms, chronologically surveys Tenney's creative
development and output. Wannamaker begins each section with
biographical, aesthetic, and technical context that illuminates a
distinct period in Tenney's career. From there, he analyzes a small
number of pieces that illuminate the concerns, characteristics, and
techniques that emerged in Tenney's music during that time.
Wannamaker supplements the text with musical examples, graphs, and
diagrams while also drawing on unpublished material and newly
available primary sources to flesh out each work and the ideas that
shaped it. A landmark in experimental music scholarship, The Music
of James Tenney is a first-of-its-kind consideration of the
experimental music titan and his work. Â
A work-by-work guide to the composer's groundbreaking music Robert
Wannamaker's monumental two-volume study explores the influential
music and ideas of American composer, theorist, writer, performer,
and educator James Tenney. Delving into the whole of Tenney's
far-ranging oeuvre, Wannamaker offers close, aurally grounded
analyses of works linked to the artist's revolutionary theories of
musical form, timbre, and harmonic perception. Written as a
reference work, Volume 2, A Handbook to the Pieces, presents
detailed entries on Tenney's significant post-1959 experimental
works (excepting pieces covered in volume 1). Wannamaker includes
technical information, an analysis of intentions and goals, graphs
and musical examples, historical and biographical context, and
thoughts from Tenney and others on specific works. Throughout, he
discusses the striking compositional ideas found in Tenney's music
and, where appropriate, traces an idea's appearance from one piece
to the next to reveal the evolution of the composer's art and
thought. A landmark in experimental music scholarship, The Music of
James Tenney is a first-of-its-kind consideration of the
experimental music titan and his work.
One of the twentieth century's most important musical thinkers,
James Tenney did pioneering work in multiple fields, including
computer music, tuning theory, and algorithmic and
computer-assisted composition. From Scratch is a collection of
Tenney's hard-to-find writings arranged, edited, and revised by the
self-described "composer/theorist." Selections focus on his
fundamental concerns--"what the ear hears"--and include thoughts
and ideas on perception and form, tuning systems and especially
just intonation, information theory, theories of harmonic space,
and stochastic (chance) procedures of composition.
One of the twentieth century's most important musical thinkers,
James Tenney did pioneering work in multiple fields, including
computer music, tuning theory, and algorithmic and
computer-assisted composition. From Scratch arranges, edits, and
revises Tenney's hard-to-find writings into one indispensable
collection. Selections focus on his fundamental concerns—"what
the ear hears"—and include thoughts and ideas on perception and
form, tuning systems and especially just intonation, information
theory, theories of harmonic space, and stochastic (chance)
procedures of composition.
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