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James Tenney

James Tenney has been played over 20 times on NTS, first on 23 October 2014. James Tenney's music has been featured on 21 episodes.

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…

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Fabric For Ché
James Tenney
Frog Peak Music, Artifact Recordings1992
Fabric For Ché
James TenneyFrog Peak Music, Artifact Recordings1992
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Collage #1 ("Blue Suede")
James Tenney
Frog Peak Music, Artifact Recordings1992
Collage #1 ("Blue Suede")
James TenneyFrog Peak Music, Artifact Recordings1992
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Koan: Having Never Written A Note For Percussion
Zeitkratzer, James Tenney
Zeitkratzer Records2010
Koan: Having Never Written A Note For Percussion
Zeitkratzer, James TenneyZeitkratzer Records2010
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Analog #1 (Noise Study)
James Tenney
Frog Peak Music, Artifact Recordings1992
Analog #1 (Noise Study)
James TenneyFrog Peak Music, Artifact Recordings1992
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Saxony
James Tenney
Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)1985
Saxony
James TenneyComposers Recordings Inc. (CRI)1985
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Spectral CANON For CONLON Nancarrow
James Tenney
Musicworks1984
Spectral CANON For CONLON Nancarrow
James TenneyMusicworks1984
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Hocket For Henry Cowell
James Tenney, Maelström Percussion Ensemble, Jan Williams
hat[now]ART2004
Hocket For Henry Cowell
James Tenney, Maelström Percussion Ensemble, Jan Williamshat[now]ART2004
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Analog #1 (Noise Study)
James Tenney
New World Records2003
Analog #1 (Noise Study)
James TenneyNew World Records2003
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Exit (Excerpt)
George Brecht, James Tenney, George Maciunas
Electronique.it Podcast Series2012
Exit (Excerpt)
George Brecht, James Tenney, George MaciunasElectronique.it Podcast Series2012
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Critical Band
Zeitkratzer, James Tenney
Zeitkratzer Records2010
Critical Band
Zeitkratzer, James TenneyZeitkratzer Records2010
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