Alvin Curran
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Composer Alvin Curran (born 13 December 1938 in Providence, Rhode Island) is the co-founder, with Frederic Rzewski and Richard Teitelbaum, of Musica Elettronica Viva, and a former student of Elliott Carter. Curran's music often makes use of electronics and environmental found sounds.
Discography
- Electric Rags II (1989) New Albion Records, with Rova Saxophone Quartet.
- Songs and Views of the Magnetic Garden (1975/1993) Catalyst Records, performed, synthesized, recorded and mixed by Alvin Curran.
- Schtyx (1994) CRI. Performed by the Abel Steinberg Winant Trio. VSTO (string quartet) performed by David Abel, first violin, Sharon Wood, second violin, Meg Tichener viola, and Dina Weinschelbaum, cello.
- Animal Behaviour (1995) Tzadik.
- Theme Park (1998) Tzadik.
- Lost Marbles (2004) Tzadik.
External links
- Alvin Curran's Mills Homepage (http://www.mills.edu/music/MUS/ACURRAN/Curran.homepage.html)
- New Albion: Alvin Curran (http://www.newalbion.com/artists/currana/)
- Other Minds: Alvin Curran (http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/Curran.shtml)
- Volume: Bed of Sound: Alvin Curran (http://www.ps1.org/cut/volume/curran.html)
- More External Links for A. Curran by Ralph Lichtensteiger (http://www.lichtensteiger.de/curran.html)
- Alvin Curran in conversation with Frank J. Oteri (http://www.newmusicbox.org/article.nmbx?id=2388)
Listening
- Epitonic.com: Alvin Curran (http://www.epitonic.com/artists/alvincurran.html) featuring Crystal PalmsTemplate:Composer-stub