James Tenney

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James Tenney

MUSIC

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

James Tenney Composer 10-Aug-1934 24-Aug-2006 A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance'

DISCOGRAPHY

Selected Works 1961-1969 (1992, Frog Peak/Artifact/New World)

1 Collage #1 ("Blue Suede")

2 Analog #1 ("Noise Study")

3 Dialogue

4 Phases (for Edgard Varèse)

5 Music for Player Piano

6 Ergodos II (for John Cage)

7 Fabric for Ché

8 For Ann (rising)

Bridge & Flocking (1996, hatHUT)

1 Bridge, Pt. 1, Section 1

2 Bridge, Pt. 1, Section 2

3 Bridge, Pt. 2

4 Flocking

Bridge (1984) is composed for four re-tuned pianos; Flocking (1993) is for two.

The Solo Works for Percussion (1998, hatART)

1 Maximusic

2 Ergodos II

3 Koan: Having Never Written a Note for Percussion

4 For Percussion Perhaps, or...

5 Deus Ex Machina

Music for Violin & Piano (1999, hatHUT)

1 Ergodos II With Instrumental Responses

2 3 Pages in the Shape of a Pear

3 Diaphonic Toccata

4 Chorale

5 Koan

6 Diaphonic Trio

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