The Perceptual Revelations of James Tenney

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0:00 Introduction
0:33 I. Early Life
2:32 II. Bell Labs & Stochastic Programs
13:44 III. Clangs and Temporal Gestalts
23:55 IV. Going Postal
30:41 V. Ergodic Form
40:41 VI. The Spectral Minimalist

📚 Sources/further reading:
“Meta+Hodos: A Phenomenology of 20th-Century Musical Materials and an Approach to the Study of Form” by James Tenney (2nd edition, 1988, Frog Peak Music): https://monoskop.org/images/1/13/Tenn...
“The Early Works of James Tenney” by Larry Polansky (1983): https://monoskop.org/images/6/60/Pola...
“Form in 20th Century Music” by James Tenney (1969–70): https://www.plainsound.org/pdfs/Form.pdf
“Computer Music Experiences, 1961–1964” by James Tenney: https://www.plainsound.org/pdfs/Compu...
“Theoretical and Formal Continuity in James Tenney's Music” by Brian Belet (San Jose State University, 2008): https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/cgi/vie...
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x...
https://www.artsjournal.com/postclass...
http://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/~larry/p...

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Music (all by James Tenney):

“Septet for Six Electric Guitars and Bass” (1981), performed by Adrian Verdejo:    • James Tenney - Septet (1981) for Six Elect...  
“Chorales for Orchestra” (1974), performers unknown:    • James Tenney - Chorales for Orchestra (1974)  
“Collage #1 (‘Blue Suede’)” (1961):    • Collage #1 ("Blue Suede")  
“Analog #1 (Noise Study)” (1961):    • James Tenney - Analog #1 (Noise Study)  
“Dialogue” (1963):    • James Tenney - Dialogue (1963)  
“August Harp” (1971) from Postal Pieces, performed by Ulrike von Meier:    • August Harp - James Tenney  
“For Ann (Rising)” (1969):    • James Tenney - For Ann (rising) (1969)  
“Having Never Written a Note for Percussion” (1971) from Postal Pieces, performed by William Winant:    • James Tenney / Having Never Written a Note...  
“Ergodos I (for John Cage)” (1963):    • James Tenney - Ergodos I (1963)  
“Wake for Charles Ives” from Three Pieces for Drum Quartet (1974/5), performed by the Maelström Percussion Ensemble conducted by Jan Williams:    • Three Pieces For Drum Quartet (1974/75) 1 ...  
“Koan” for string quartet (1984), performed by Quatuor Bozzini:    • James Tenney - Koan for string quartet (1984)  
“Critical Band” (1988/2000), performed by EM62, Trio Scordatura, Juan Parra Cancino, and researchers at the Orpheus Research Centre in Music:    • Critical Band ORCiM Festival2013  
“Diapason” (1996), performed by the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kwamé Ryan
“Harmonium #1” (1976), performed by the Tilted Head Ensemble conducted by Carl Christian Bettendorf:    • James Tenney: Harmonium #1 (1976)  
“Harmonium #3” (1980), performers unknown:    • James Tenney - Harmonium #3 (1980)  
“Three Indigenous Songs” (1979), performers unknown:    • James Tenney - 3 INDIGENOUS SONGS  
“Arbor Vitae” (2006), performed by the Bozzini Quartet:    • James Tenney - Arbor Vitae (w/ score) (for...  

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