Pauline Oliveros

Person · Open Library

Born

1932

Works

13

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Film & TV

Pauline Oliveros (born May 30, 1932 in Houston, Texas) is an American composer and accordionist who is a central figure in the development of experimental and post-war electronic art music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center in the 1960s, and served as its director. She has taught music at Mills College, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Oberlin…

Known for

• Sisters with Transistors — Self (archive footage)2021
• The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros — Herself1993
• Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television — Self1976

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Total plays

511,718

Pauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer and accordionist who was a central figure in the development of experimental and post-war electronic art music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center in the 1960s, and served as its director. She has taught music at Mills College, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Pauline+Oliv

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Music

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Pauline

Gender

female

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Houston

Place of death

Kingston

Occupation

music educator

Educated at

University of Houston

Employer

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Languages spoken

English language

Award

Guggenheim Fellowship

Participant in

documenta 14

Field of work

electronic music

Genre

electronic music

Instrument

accordion

Official website

paulineoliveros.us

Image

POliveros2010.JPG

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