About James Tenney
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 Edgard Varèse.
Top Tracks
Collage #1 ("Blue Suede")
Spectral Canon for Conlon Nancarrow (1976 version; piano roll punched by Nancarrow)
Analog #1 (Noise Study)
Dialogue
Spectral Canon For Conlon Nancarrow
Music for Player Piano
Having Never Written A Note for Percussion
For Ann (rising)
Ergodos II (for John Cage)
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