David Tudor
The career of David Tudor is generally partitioned into two phases; that of his early work as the premier interpreter and performer of new music and of his later focus on composing his own electronic based pieces. These two career chapters are linked together by the pioneering spirit of Tudor’s approach to music. It was this spirit that led to his intrepid interpretations of new compositions by the likes of John Cage, Earle Brown, Morton Feldman, Karlheinz Stockhausen, La Monte Young, Christian Wolff, Stephan Wolpe and many other leaders of new experimental music in the mid-20th century. This same forward thinking approach fostered Tudor’s love of working with electronics and the new sounds that could be achieved with them. It is in composing... Read More
- City Of Origin:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Genre:
- Classical, 20/21
- Birthdate:
- 01/20/1926
- Death date:
- 08/13/1996
