William Duckworth
From Academic Kids
William Duckworth (born in 1943) is credited as composer of the first postminimal piece of music, Time Curve Preludes.
He has also composed Thirty-One Days (1987) for Alto Saxophone, and Southern Harmony, a choral work which uses certain features of shaped-note singing.
He is the author of:
- Talking Music: Conversations With John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, and Five Generations of American Experimental Composers (ISBN 0306808935)
- A Creative Approach to Music Fundamentals (ISBN 0534094201)
- 20/20: 20 New Sounds of the 20th Century (ISBN 0028648641)
He is also the editor of Sound and Light: La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela (ISBN 0838753469).
He is also a music professor at Bucknell University.
Nora Farrell, Duckworth's wife, runs Monroe Street Records, which publishes many of his pieces.
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External links
- William Duckworth (http://www.monroestreet.com/duckworth/wdhome.html)
- Lovely Music Artist: William Duckworth (http://www.lovely.com/artists/a-duckworth.html)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON BIERCE LIBRARY: Composer Archives: William Duckworth (http://www3.uakron.edu/ssma/composers/Duckworth.shtml)
- Tritone Press & Tenuto Publications: William Duckworth (http://www.tritone-tenuto.com/duckworth.htm)
- http://www.newmusicbox.org/third-person/jun99/label2.html and http://www.monroestreet.com/
- William E. Duckworth, Music Department -- Bucknell University (http://www.bucknell.edu/Academics/Colleges_Departments/Academic_Departments/Music/Faculty_Staff/William_E._Duckworth.html)
