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James Tenney
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 72
GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn10/08/1934Born inSilver City, New Mexico, USADied24/08/2006 (aged 72)Died inValencia, Santa ClaritaCauselung cancerWikidataQ715379 ↗TMDb#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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Filmography7 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1998BrakhageMovieSelf64
1967FusesMovie—33
1966No. 4MovieSelf32
1966Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)Movie—32
1959Cat's CradleMovieSelf25
1957LovingMovie—23
1954DesistfilmMovie—20