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Sine Music A Swarm Of Butterflies Encountered Over The Ocean by Richard Maxfield
Richard Maxfield
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Richard Maxfield February 2 1927 – June 27 1969 Was A Composer Of Instrumental Electro-Acoustic And Electronic Music. Born In Seattle He Most Likely Taught The First University-Level Course In Electronic Music In America At The New School For Social Research. As A Student At Berkeley And In Europe In The 1950's He Composed Instrumental Scores In A Neo-Classical Style And Then Adopting 12-Tone Techniques Eventually Studying At Princeton University With Milton Babbitt. Encounters With Contemporary European Innovations The Music Of John Cage And Techniques For Composing With Magnetic Tape Would However Prove Decisive In The Development Of His Mature Compositions. Among His Innovations With Tape Music Were The Simultaneous Performance Of Improvised Instrumental Solos With Tapes Based Upon Samples Of The Same Soloist Re-Editing Of Tapes Before Each Public Performance So That The Pieces Were Not Fixed In A Single Form And The Use Of The Erase Head Of The Tape Machine As A Sound Source. He Was Also An Active Fluxus Participant And A Friend Of La Monte Young. Young Now Maintains The Archive Of Maxfield's Works. In 1960 He Along With Young Co-Curated The Early Fluxus Concerts At Yoko Ono's Loft The First Downtown Concerts. Maxfield Made A Number Of Mesmerizing Though Gritty Electronic Minimalist Pieces A Few Of Which Have Made It To Commercial Recording. Maxfield Had A Long History Of Psychoactive Drug Use And In A Drug-Induced State Ended His Life By Jumping Out Of A Window On June 7 1969 At The Age Of 42.
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Richard Maxfield February 2 1927 – June 27 1969 Was A Composer Of Instrumental Electro-Acoustic And Electronic Music. Born In Seattle He Most Likely Taught The First University-Level Course In Electronic Music In America At The New School For Social Research. As A Student At Berkeley And In Europe In The 1950's He Composed Instrumental Scores In A Neo-Classical Style And Then Adopting 12-Tone Techniques Eventually Studying At Princeton University With Milton Babbitt. Encounters With Contemporary European Innovations The Music Of John Cage And Techniques For Composing With Magnetic Tape Would However Prove Decisive In The Development Of His Mature Compositions. Among His Innovations With Tape Music Were The Simultaneous Performance Of Improvised Instrumental Solos With Tapes Based Upon Samples Of The Same Soloist Re-Editing Of Tapes Before Each Public Performance So That The Pieces Were Not Fixed In A Single Form And The Use Of The Erase Head Of The Tape Machine As A Sound Source. He Was Also An Active Fluxus Participant And A Friend Of La Monte Young. Young Now Maintains The Archive Of Maxfield's Works. In 1960 He Along With Young Co-Curated The Early Fluxus Concerts At Yoko Ono's Loft The First Downtown Concerts. Maxfield Made A Number Of Mesmerizing Though Gritty Electronic Minimalist Pieces A Few Of Which Have Made It To Commercial Recording. Maxfield Had A Long History Of Psychoactive Drug Use And In A Drug-Induced State Ended His Life By Jumping Out Of A Window On June 7 1969 At The Age Of 42.
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