Alvin Curran
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1938
- Works
- 3
Top works
- First piano piece
- Home-made, for flute, soprano, double bass [and] percussion
- Thursday afternoon
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Film & TV
Known for
- Take the Cage Train – Boletus Edulis2023
- Filmstudio, mon amour — Sé stesso2015
- Organum Multiplum1967
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- 17,717
- Total plays
- 99,779
Tags
experimentalcontemporary classicalAvant-Gardeelectronictzadik
Composer Alvin Curran (born 13 December 1938 in Providence, Rhode Island) is the co-founder, with Frederic Rzewski and Richard Teitelbaum, of Musica Elettronica Viva, and a former student of Elliott Carter. Curran's music often makes use of electronics and environmental found sounds. Discography * Electric Rags II (1989) New Albion Records, with Rova Saxophone Quartet. * Songs and Views of the Magnetic Garden (1975/1993) Catalyst Records, performed, synthesized, recorded and mixed by Al
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alvin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Providence
- Occupation
- composer
- Participant in
- documenta 8
- Record label
- Tzadik Records
- Official website
- www.alvincurran.com
- Image
- Curranwithshofar.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1938-12-13
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- Commons category
- Alvin Curran
- P12674
- Patrick Bürger
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