James Tenney: Writings and Interviews on Experimental Music

This volume collects, for the first time, essential interviews and aesthetic writings from throughout James Tenney's five—decade artistic career.

The eminent American—Canadian composer James Tenney (1934–2006) made groundbreaking contributions to sampling culture, digital sound synthesis, algorithmic composition, minimalism, spectral music, music in non—standard tuning systems, contemporary theories of form and harmony, and the consolidation of an American experimental—music tradition. This ...