# James Tenney

> James Tenney was an American composer, music theorist, and pianist. He made significant early musical contributions to plunderphonics, sound synthesis, algorithmic composition, process music, spectral music, and microtonal tuning systems including extended just intonation. His theoretical writings variously concern musical form, texture, timbre, consonance and dissonance, and harmonic perception.

*American composer and music theorist (1934–2006)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/james-tenney

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1934-08-10
- **Died:** 2006-08-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0855101/ (@nm0855101)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/179366)
- [چيمس تينى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89)
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- [James Tenney](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tenney)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e42207a2-a5c6-400f-a8d0-9e30221c3518)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q715379)
- [James Tenney](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1130574)

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