James Tenney
American composer and music theorist (1934-2006) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 72
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.
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His theoretical writings variously concern musical form, texture, timbre, consonance and dissonance, and harmonic perception.
