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Varese: "Octandre," Schoenberg, Budd: "Juno", Tenney: "Blues", Satie (Timar), Revueltas: "1st and 2nd Little Serious Pieces," Ives: "Two Little Flowers," "General William Booth...," New Music Concert

Item consists of an audio recording of the New Music concert in 1977. Performances include "Octandre" by Edgard Varese, "Juno" by Budd Schoenberg, "Blues" by James Tenney, "1st and 2nd Little Serious Pieces" by Revueltas Satie (Timar), and "Two Little Flowers" and "General William Booth...," by Ives.

Tape Music - 1961

Consists of an audio recording of "The First of Three Improvisations from Medea." from February, 1961 and "Collage #1 - Blue Suede," from April, 1961 by James Tenney.

Research and writing files

Series consists of material that documents Tenney's ongoing academic and professional interest in the field of music including material that documents his years as a professor of music at York University. It includes research material consisting of clippings, notes, drafts of articles and other material related to the the work of fellow composers such as John Cage, Edgard Varese, Harry Partch as well as Conlon Noncarrow. It also contains material that documents his interest in musical theory including drafts of articles written by Tenney as well as material related to his books "META-HODOS : a phenomenology of 20th century musical materials and an approach to the study of form" and "A history of 'consonance' and 'dissonance.'"

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