Tom Johnson
About Tom Johnson
American composer and critic Tom Johnson (born November 18, 1939 in Greeley, Colorado), is one of the few composers to self-identify as minimalist; in fact, he may have coined the term while serving as the new music critic for the Village Voice. He has since collected those articles in the book The Voice of New Music which is available free online. He has lived in Paris since 1983. His pieces are most often based simply on mathematical and logical processes, such as tiling, which he attempts to make as clear as possible.
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An Hour for Piano
The 286 Three-Note Chords
IV
Tango
Multiplication Table
III
Eighty-Eights
Mersenne Numbers
The 715 Four-Note Chords
Failing: A Very Difficult Piece for String Bass
VIII
Euler's Harmonies
The 1287 Five-Note Chords
The 78 Eleven-Note Chords
Xx
Abundant Numbers
Kientzy Loops
Narayana's Cows
VII
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Rational Melodies: I
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The 1716 Six-Note Chords
Block Design
For the Silence
Secret Songs 1
The 715 Nine-Note Chords
Where Are You Tonight
XII
Around the Silence
Before the Silence
The 286 Ten-Note Chords
Combinations for String Quartet: I. I
Against the Silence
Through the Silence
Failing
XVI
Tilework
Into the Silence
Within the Silence
Secret Songs 2
Secret Songs: I
Toward the Silence
The 1716 Seven-Note Chords
The 1287 Eight-Note Chords
Pascal's Trigangle
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Secret Songs: II
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An Hour for Piano: Pt. 8
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