Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1940
- Active to
- 1990
Discography
- Unjust Malaise2005
- Femenine2013
- Femenine2016
- Joy Boy2017
- The Zürich Concert2017
- Piano Interpretations2018
- The Nigger Series2018
- Crazy Nigger2019
- Evil Nigger / Gay Guerrilla2019
- Femenine2019
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minimalismcontemporary classicalAvant-GardeClassicalexperimental
Julius Eastman (October 27, 1940–May 28, 1990) was an African-American composer, pianist, vocalist, and dancer of minimalist tendencies. His music was among the first to combine minimalist processes with elements of pop music, and he often gave his pieces titles of provocative political intent, such as Evil Nigger and Gay Guerrilla. Eastman grew up in Ithaca, New York, where he began studying piano at age 14 and made rapid progress. He began college at Ithaca College and transferred to the Curt
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Ithaca
- Place of death
- Buffalo
- Occupation
- professor
- Educated at
- Ithaca College
- Employer
- University at Buffalo
- Genre
- minimalist music
- Instrument
- voice
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- date of birth
- 1940-10-27
- date of death
- 1990-05-28
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- birth name
- Julius Dunbar Eastman Jr.
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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