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James Tenney
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Life & Death

Died aged 72
GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn10/08/1934Born inSilver City, New Mexico, USADied24/08/2006Died inValencia, Santa ClaritaCauselung cancerWikidataQ715379TMDb#1130574

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.

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Filmography3 titles

Importing filmography…
YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1998BrakhageMovieSelf64
1966No. 4MovieSelf32
1959Cat's CradleMovieSelf25