books and articles by Tenney:
From Scratch: Writings in Music Theory
Hierarchical temporal gestalt perception in music: a metric space model
Meta-Hodos and Meta Meta-Hodos: A Phenomenology of 20th Century Musical Materials and an Approach to the Study of Form
Soundings 13 / Amazon
Computer Music Experiences
Form in 20th Century Music
A History of Consonance and Dissonance
John Cage and the Theory of Harmony
On “crystal growth” in harmonic space
reference:
CMC Composer Showcase
Facebook page
Plainsound page
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writings
scores:
chronological listing
Bore Publishing
Canadian Music Centre
Frog Peak
Sonic Art Editions
articles, books, journal issues:
Contemporary Music Review: The Music of James Tenney
The Early Works of James Tenney
An examination of the theories and compositions of James Tenney, 1982-1985
A Few More Words About James Tenney: Dissonant Counterpoint and Statistical Feedback
Metaphors on Vision: James Tenney and Stan Brakhage, 1951-1964
North American Spectralism: The Music of James Tenney
Perspectives of New Music: A Tribute to James Tenney
Rhythmicon Relationships, Farey Sequences, and James Tenney’s Spectral CANON for CONLON Nancarrow
video and audio:
Brakhage
James Tenney as a Compositional Instructor
Oral History of American Music, June 10, 12, 1988
March 1989 interview (excerpt)
Morning Concert: Composer Jim Tenney (January 12, 1976)
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Postcards from the Edge (excerpts)
pieces:
Interim (1952/1998)
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Poem (1955)
String Quartet In One Movement (1955)
Variations in A (on a theme by my father) (1955)
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Improvisation (1956)
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Trio (1957)
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Monody (1959)
Collage #1 (“Blue Suede”) (1961)
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Analog #1: (Noise Study) (1961)
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Entrance/Exit Music (with George Brecht and George Maciunas) (1962)
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Ergodos I (1963)
Stochastic String Quartet (1963)
Stochastic Quartet (1963)
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CHAMBER MUSIC (1964)
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Ergodos II (1964)
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Ergodos II with Instrumental Responses (1964)
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RESPONSE (1964)
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String Complement (1964)
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Music for Player Piano (1964)
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Postal Pieces (Scorecards) (1965-71)
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Scorecard No. 5: Maximusic (1965)
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2ND THERMOCOUPLE 1965 theater piece (1965)
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Collage #2 (“Viet-Flakes”) (1966)
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Fabric for Ché (1967)
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Scorecard No. 6: Swell Piece (1967)
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For Ann (rising) (1969)
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Three Rags for Pianoforte: (“Raggedy Ann”, “Milk and Honey” [Mielle’s Rag], “Tangled Rag”) (1969)
QUIET FAN for ERIK SATIE (1970/71)
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For 12 Strings (rising) (1971)
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Hey When I Sing These 4 Songs Hey Look What Happens (1971)
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Scorecard No. 1: Beast (1971)
“For percussion perhaps, or …. ” (1971)
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Scorecard No. 4: KOAN (1971)
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Scorecard No.7[a]: Swell Piece No. 2 (1971)
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Scorecard No.7[b]: Swell Piece No. 3 (1971)
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Scorecard No. 9: Cellogram (1971)
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Scorecard No. 10: Having Never Written a Note for Percussion (1971)
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CLANG (1972)
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Quintext I-V: Five Textures (1972)
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Some Recent THOUGHTS for Morton Feldman,
CLOUDS for Iannis Xenakis,
A Choir of ANGELS for Carl Ruggles,
PARABOLAS and HYPERBOLAS for Edgard Varèse,
SPECTRA for Harry Partch
Homage to Perotin (In the Phyrgian Mode) (1973)
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Chorale for Violin and Piano (1974/98)
Chorales for Orchestra (1974)
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Spectral CANON for CONLON Nancarrow (1974)
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THREE PIECES for Drum Quartet: (1974)
WAKE for Charles Ives
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HOCKET for Henry Cowell
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CRYSTAL CANON for Edgard Varèse
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Harmonium #1 (1976)
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Harmonium #2 (1977)
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Harmonium #5 (1978)
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Saxony (1978)
Three Indigenous Songs (I. No More Good Water (Jaybird Coleman); II. KOSMOS (Walt Whitman); III. Hey when I sing these 4 songs Hey look what happens)
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Chromatic Canon (1980)
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Listen…! (1981/84)
Septet (1981/2000)
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deus ex machina (1982)
Bridge (1982-84)
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KOAN (for string quartet) (1984)
CHANGES: 64 Studies for 6 Harps (1985)
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Water on the Mountain…Fire in Heaven (1985)
The Road to Ubud (1986/2001)
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Critical Band (1988/2000)
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Rune (1988)
Tableaux Vivants (1990)
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Pika-Don (“flash-boom”) (1990)
1. Alamogordo
2. Hiroshima
Spectral CANON for CONLON Nancarrow (Extended) (1991)
Three New Seeds (1991)
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Ain’t I a Woman? (1992)
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Cognate Canons (1993)
Form 1 (1993)
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Form 2 (1993)
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Form 3 (1993)
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Form 4 (1993)
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Ergodos III (1994)
In a large, open space (1994)
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Spectrum 1-8 (1995, 2001)
Three Pages in the Shape of a Pear (1995)
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Diapason (1996)
Diaphonic Study (1997)
Diaphonic Toccata (1997)
Diaphonic Trio (1997)
Seegersong #1 (1999)
Seegersong #2 (1999)
Song’n’Dance for Harry Partch (1999)
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Prelude and Toccata (2001)
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Essay (After a Sonata) (2003)
Just Another Bagatelle (2004)
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Panacousticon (2005)
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Arbor Vitae (2006)
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