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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 ...read more

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Top Tracks of James Tenney

Spectral Canon for Conlon Nancarrow (1976 version; piano roll punched by Nancarrow)

Collage #1 ("Blue Suede")

Analog #1 (Noise Study)

Spectral Canon For Conlon Nancarrow

Music for Player Piano

Having Never Written A Note for Percussion

For Ann (rising)

Ergodos II (for John Cage)

Fabric for Ché

Phases (for Edgard Varèse)

Flocking (1993)

Bridge - Part I, section I (1984)

A Rose Is a Rose Is a Round

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #1

Spectral Canon for Conlon Nancarrow - 1976 version; piano roll punched by Nancarrow

Ergodos I For John Cage

Bridge - Part II (1984)

Form 2 (In Memoriam John Cage)

Form 1 (In Memoriam Edgard Varese)

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #2

Septet For Electric Guitars

For 12 Strings (rising)

Chromatic Canon

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #3

Tenney: Three Pages in the Shape of a Pear (In Celebration of Erik Satie)

Form 3 (in memoriam Stefan Wolpe)

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #4

Form 4 (in memoriam Morton Feldman)

Diaphonic Toccata

Edgard Varese - Octandre

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #5

John Cage - Seven

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #6

Maximusic (1965)

Koan: Having Never Written A Note For Percussion

Bridge - Part I, section II (1984)

Dialogue (1963)

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #7

for percussion perhaps, or...

Ergodos II with Instrumental Responses

Phases (For Edgard Varese)

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #8

Harmonium No. 3

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #10

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #9

Stochastic Quartet

deus ex machina

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #13

Morton Feldman - Numbers

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #17

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #11

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #12

Two Koans and a Canon: I. First Koan (a gentler Beast)

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #18

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #16

Glissade, for Viola Cello, Doublebass and Tape Delay System: Shimmer - 1982

Two Koans and a Canon: II. Second Koan

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #19

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #14

Stefan Wolpe - Piece

The Road to Ubud

Phases (For Edgar Varese)

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #23

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #22

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #20

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #15

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #24

Two Koans and a Canon: III. [Canon]

Collage #1 (Blue Suede)

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #27

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #30

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #25

3 Pages in the Shape of a Pear

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #28

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #21

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #29

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #26

Blues for Annie

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #33

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #35

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #31

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #34

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #36

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #32

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #39

Mallets in the Air

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #38

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #40

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #42

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #41

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #37

Cellogram (1971)

Glissade, for Viola Cello, Doublebass and Tape Delay System: Trias Harmonica - 1982

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #45

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #51

Diaphonic Toccata (1997)

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #48

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #53

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #43

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #44

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #49

Ergodos II with instrumental responses (1964)

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #59

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #63

1 Collage #1 (Blue Suede)

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #50

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #46

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #47

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #58

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #61

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #54

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #52

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #55

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #60

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #57

3 Pages in the Shape of Pear (1995)

Collage #1 ("Blue Suede)

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #64

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #56

Glissade, for Viola Cello, Doublebass and Tape Delay System: Array (a'sysing) - 1982

Glissade, for Viola Cello, Doublebass and Tape Delay System: Bessel Functions of the First Kind - 1982

64 Studies for 6 Harps: Study #62

Diaphonic Trio (1997)

Koan For String Quartet

String Complement (With Ergodos II)

Collage #1 (''Blue Suede'') (1961)

Having Never Written a Note for Percussion [1971]

(night) (2) - 1971

Glissade, for Viola Cello, Doublebass and Tape Delay System: Stochastic-canonic Variations - 1982

Instrumental Responses (With Ergodos I)

Collage #1 ('Blue Suede')

1. Collage #1 ('Blue Suede') (1961)

Percussion Response (With Ergodos I)

Quintext I-V: Five Textures: A Choir Of Angels For Carl Ruggles

Bridge Part 1, Section 1 (1984)

spectral canon for conlon nancarrow (1974)

4. Phases (For Edgar Varese) (1963)

3. Dialogue (1963)

Stochastic String Quartet

5. Music for Player Piano (1963-64)

Koan for String Quartet (1984)

Arbor Vitae (2006)

Quintext I-V: Five Textures: Spectra For Harry Partch

Chromatic Canon (For Lute and Live Electronics)

Having Never Written a Note for Percussion (1971)

Dialogue - 1963

Quintext I-V: Five Textures: Clouds For Iannis Xenakis

Stochastic String Quartet (1963)

Form 3 (1993) In Memoriam Stefan Wolpe

Form 1 (1993) In Memoriam Edgar Varèse

Saxony (1978-84)

String Quartet In One Movement

Quintext I-V: Five Textures: Recent Thoughts For Morton Feldman

Form 2 (1993) In Memoriam John Cage

Harmonia: Harmonium No. 5

8. For Ann (Rising) (1969)

String Quartet in One Movement (1955)

Seegersong No. 1

6. Ergodos II (For John Cage) (1964)

Phases (for Edgar Varèse)

Bridge Part 1, Section 2 (1984)

Collage no. 1 ('Blue Suede')

Three Pieces For Drum Quartet (1974/75) 1 - Wake For Charles Ives

Spectrum 1 for violin, trumpet, bass clarinet, 2 percussion, piano, bass

Spectrum 2 for flute, cor anglais, clarinet, bassoon, horn

Diaphonic Study

Diaphonic Study (1997)

Stochastic Quartet - 1963

Form 4 (1994 in Memoriam Morton Feldman

7. Fabric for Chй (1967)

Three Pieces For Drum Quartet (1974/75) 3 - Crystal Canon for Edgar Varèse

For Percussion Perhaps, Or ... (night) (1971)

Spectrum 5 for flute, oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon, vibraphone/percussion, harp, piano, viola

Spectrum 3 for chamber orchestra

Quintext I-V: Five Textures: Parabolas And Hyperbolas For Edgard Varese

03. diaphonic toccata

Bridge Part 2 (1984)

String Complement - Ergodos II

3 Pages in the Shape of Pear

Spectrum 7 for flute, cello, piano and tape delay system

5 Music for Player Piano

Postal Pieces: Cellogram

Instrumental Responses - Ergodos I

Spectrum 1 (1995)

Seegersong No. 2

Wake For Charles Ives

Phases (for Edgar Varèse) (1963)

Essay (after a Sonata)

Critical Band (1988)

Postal Pieces: A Rose Is a Rose Is a Round

Cognate Canons (1995)

For Percussion Perhaps, or...(night)

For Percussion Perhaps, Or... (night)

Spectrum 6 for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, cello

Pika-Don: Hiroshima

Form 1 (In Memoriam Edgard Varèse)

Koan: Having Never Written A Note For Percussion (1971)

Harmonium #2 (1976)

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