James Tenney

About

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

1. 1

   Collage #1 ("Blue Suede")

   1592 plays
2. 2

   Spectral Canon for Conlon Nancarrow (1976 version; piano roll punched by Nancarrow)

   1379 plays
3. 3

   Analog #1 (Noise Study)

   1118 plays
4. 4

   Dialogue

   989 plays
5. 5

   Spectral Canon For Conlon Nancarrow

   974 plays
6. 6

   Music for Player Piano

   663 plays
7. 7

   Having Never Written A Note for Percussion

   594 plays
8. 8

   For Ann (rising)

   565 plays

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