Theoretical and formal continuity in James Tenney's music.
James Tenney created much of his music and theoretical writing as an objective experimenter, observer and codifier. This article examines Tenney's traits of curiosity, experimentation and honest self-evaluation through a subset of his compositions from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Although quite dive...
| Publicado en: | Contemporary Music Review Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 23 - 46 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2008
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