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Tom Johnson

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Also known as Thomas Floyd Johnson

American composer (1939–2024)

Person · Open Library

Works
115

Top works

  • No Tall Buliding in Nazareth
  • Driven
  • Man in Purple
  • Tunnel Through Space
  • Robert Johnson & Sons, polled shorthorn - shorthorn complete dispersal

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1911-05-08
Active to
1938-08-16
27 clubacoustic bluesamericanbluescountry bluesdelta blues

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Listeners
3,407
Total plays
23,985

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contemporary classicalcomposerminimalismsound artexperimental

American composer and critic Tom Johnson (born November 18, 1939 in Greeley, Colorado), is one of the few composers to self-identify as minimalist; in fact, he may have coined the term while serving as the new music critic for the Village Voice. He has since collected those articles in the book The Voice of New Music which is available free online. He has lived in Paris since 1983. His pieces are most often based simply on mathematical and logical processes, such as tiling, which he attempts to

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Tom
Family name
Johnson
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Greeley
Languages spoken
German
Native language
English language
Participant in
Tabakalera
Student of
Morton Feldman
Field of work
music criticism
Genre
opera
Official website
www.editions75.com
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date of birth
1939-11-18
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Berlinische Galerie
date of death
2024-12-31
name in native language
Tom Johnson
birth name
Thomas Floyd Johnson
writing language
English language
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