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Christian Wolff

Born: Mar 8, 1934 in Nice, France

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Styles: Modern Composition, Avant-Garde, Experimental

Biography: Studied a few weeks with John Cage, but otherwise self-taught. Pianist, guitarist. Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Harvard. Pioneered scores in open instrumentation, in open cueing systems, scores for non-musicians, and, along with others, scores in verbal instructions only. Teacher, Classics Department ...Read full biography

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Mayday Materials (In CDCM Computer Music Series, Vol. 6)

Released: 1990

Label: Centaur

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A "mix of abstraction, lightheartedness and perhaps political suggestiveness," an interesting combination of Wolff's earlier new music sensibilities and his later use of folk songs as guiding lines (rather ...Read full review

Volume 2: Chamber Works - I Like to Think of Harriet Tubman

Released: 1998

Label: Mode Records

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A wonderful overview of the variety of Wolff's work from 1950 thru 1987. One of the legendary members of the now-called New York School (John Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown and Wolff), this album clearly ...Read full review

More Christian Wolff albums: Main Albums (13), Compilations (2)

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