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Morton Feldman (January 12, 1926 – September 3, 1987) was an American composer. A major figure in 20th-century classical music, Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminacy in music, a development associated with the experimental New York School of composers also including John Cage, Christian Wolff, and Earle Brown.
Morton Feldman (born Jan. 12, 1926, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 3, 1987, Buffalo, N.Y.) was an American avant-garde composer associated with John Cage. Feldman studied composition with Wallingford Riegger and Stefan Wolpe.
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Jun 11, 2006 · Morton Feldman was a big, brusque Jewish guy from Woodside, Queens—the son of a manufacturer of children’s coats. He worked in the family business until he was forty-four years old,...
Sep 22, 2015 · A personal account of the experience of listening to Feldman's music, a composer who relied on his instincts and created slow and soft pieces that elude analysis. The author describes the stages of adjustment, from confusion to calm, and the spiritual sense of being in tune with the music.
- Ivan Ilić
Sep 4, 2017 · Composer Morton Feldman at the piano, ca. 1963. University at Buffalo Music Library. The intrepid pianist Marc-André Hamelin has a reputation for embracing the toughest, strangest music. His...
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Learn about the life and music of Morton Feldman, an American composer influenced by Cage, Varèse, Kierkegaard, and Beckett. Explore his graphic notation, durations, symmetries, and long-duration works.
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Learn about Morton Feldman, a unique and influential American composer who experimented with non-traditional notation, improvisation, and timbre. His music is characterized by notational innovations, rhythms that seem to be free and floating, pitch shadings that seem softly unfocused, and a generally quiet and slowly evolving sound.
