William Duckworth

William Duckworth (born in 1943) is credited as composer of the first postminimal piece of music, The Time Curve Preludes.

Related Topics:
1943 - Postminimal

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He has also composed Thirty-One Days (1987), for alto saxophone, and Southern Harmony, a choral work which uses certain features of shape note singing.

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He is the author of:

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• Talking Music: Conversations With John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, and Five Generations of American Experimental Composers (ISBN 0306808935)
• A Creative Approach to Music Fundamentals (ISBN 0534094201)
• 20/20: 20 New Sounds of the 20th Century (ISBN 0028648641)

He is also the editor of Sound and Light: La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela (ISBN 0838753469).

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He is also a music professor at Bucknell University.

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Nora Farrell, Duckworth's wife, runs Monroe Street Records, which publishes many of his pieces.

Related Topics:
Nora Farrell - Monroe Street

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