Morton Feldman
Composer
1926 – 1987
Who was Morton Feldman?
Morton Feldman was an American composer, born in New York City.
A major figure in 20th century music, Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School of composers also including John Cage, Christian Wolff, and Earle Brown. Feldman's works are characterized by notational innovations that he developed to create his characteristic sound: rhythms that seem to be free and floating; pitch shadings that seem softly unfocused; a generally quiet and slowly evolving music; recurring asymmetric patterns. His later works, after 1977, also begin to explore extremes of duration.
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- Born
- Jan 12, 1926
Brooklyn - Also known as
- Feldman, Morton
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
( - 1944/01)
- Lived in
- New York City
- Brooklyn
- Buffalo
(1972 - 1987/09/03)
- Died
- Sep 3, 1987
Buffalo
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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