Olly Wilson
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About Olly Wilson
Olly Woodrow Wilson, Jr. (September 7, 1937, St. Louis, Missouri – March 13, 2018, Berkeley, California) was a prominent American composer of contemporary classical music, pianist, double bassist, and musicologist. He was one of the preeminent composers of African American descent in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. He is also known for establishing the TIMARA (Technology in Music and Related Arts) program at Oberlin Conservatory, the first-ever conservatory program in electronic music.
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Expansions III
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Cetus
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Echoes
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Sometimes
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Piano Piece for piano and electronic sound
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Piano Trio: I. Introduction
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Sinfonia: I. Moderato
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Sinfonia: III. Allegro
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Sinfonia: II. Largo-Elegy for Olly Wilson Sr. and Calvin Simmons
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Sometimes for Tenor and Tape
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Piano Trio: II. Trio
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Piano Trio: III. Postlude
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Of Visions and Truth: A Song Cycle: I've Been 'Buked
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A City Called Heaven - II
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Piece For Four
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Akwan
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Of Visions and Truth: A Song Cycle: Interlude I
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A City Called Heaven - I
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Of Visions and Truth: A Song Cycle: Interlude II
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Piece for Four: I. Allegro
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A City Called Heaven - III
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Blue Melody
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Cetus (1967)
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Of Visions and Truth: A Song Cycle: Lullaby
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Of Visions and Truth: A Song Cycle: Ikef
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Of Visions and Truth: A Song Cycle: If We Must Die
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Piano Piece for Piano and Electronic Sounds
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Piece for Four: III. —
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Sometimes (excerpt)
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Shango Memory, for Orchestra (1995)
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Sometimes 1
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I. Introduction
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Echoes, for Clarinet & Tape (1974)
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Piece for Piano & Electronic Sound (1969)
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Akwan, for Piano, El. Piano, Amplified Strings & Orch. (1972)
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Piece for Four: II. —
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Sometimes (shorter excerpt)
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A City Called Heaven: I.
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A City Called Heaven: II.
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A City Called Heaven: III.
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Sometimes MODERNA
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Sometimes, for Tenor & Tape (1976)
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Echoes, for clarinet & tape
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15-Biggz n Mike (Bonus)
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A City Called Heaven: I. -
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A City Called Heaven: II. -
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A City Called Heaven: III. -
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Composing While Black
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Musical Electrons
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In Oberlin
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