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Joan La Barbara
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American singer and composer (born 1947)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1947
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Performers on performance
- Reluctant gypsy
- Prepared piano: the first four decades
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Film & TV
Known for
- Capio — Joan2026
- Take the Cage Train – Boletus Edulis2023
- Subotnick: Portrait of an Electronic Music Pioneer2022
- Parallel Dreams — Dream2015
- River of Fundament — The Widow of Norman2014
- Persistence of Memory — composer2012
- Journey — composer2012
- Alien Resurrection — Newborn Vocal (voice)1997
- The Voice-Over Queen — Voice-Over Actress1990
- Virginia and The Time Machine
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1947-06-08
electroacousticexperimentalmodern classicalpoetrypost-minimalism
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,458
- Total plays
- 24,995
Tags
contemporary classicalAvant-Gardeexperimental vocalsexperimentalvocal
Joan La Barbara (born June 8, 1947 in Philadelphia, PA, United States) is a vocalist and composer associated with contemporary classical music. She is a former student of Helen Boatwright and has worked with her husband Morton Subotnick since 1979, as well with many other contemporary composers such as John Cage, Philip Glass, Larry Austin, the dancer Merce Cunningham, and many others. She has also worked with Kenneth Goldsmith. While she is known primarily for her vocal abilities and extended t
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Spouse
- Morton Subotnick
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- electronic music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.joanlabarbara.com
- Voice type
- soprano
Show 2 more facts
- date of birth
- 1947-06-08
- has works in the collection
- ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
Sources (3)
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