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American composer and music theorist (1934–2006)

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Person
Gender
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Origin
United States
Active from
1934-08-10
Active to
2006-08-24
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James Tenney (August 10, 1934 - August 24, 2006) was an American composer and influential music theorist. Tenney was born in Silver City, New Mexico, and grew up in Arizona and Colorado. He attended the University of Denver, the Juilliard School of Music, Bennington College (B.A., 1958) and the University of Illinois (M.A., 1961). He studied piano with Eduard Steuermann and composition with Chou Wen-chung, Lionel Nowak, Paul Boepple, Henry Brant, Carl Ruggles, Kenneth Gaburo, Lejaren Hiller, Jo

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Instance of
human
Given name
James
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Silver City
Place of death
Valencia
Occupation
draftsperson
Instrument
piano
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date of birth
1934-08-10
date of death
2006-08-24
cause of death
lung cancer
manner of death
natural causes
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Museum of Modern Art
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