Tom Johnson

Village Tone of voice music critic and contemporary composer Tom Johnson offers published two books, and created more than 70 musical functions, including for piano (1971’s “ONE HOUR for Piano”), with text message (1987’s “Eggs and Baskets”), for radio (“J’Entends el Choeur,” 1993), and, especially, opera. After obtaining his undergraduate and master’s levels from Yale, Johnson examined some with composer Morton Feldman, and provides since constructed for a number of configurations. His most respectable opera, “The Four Take note Opera,” has truly gone on to end up being performed a large number of situations, and in several dialects, since its 1972 premiere. Another oft-performed function is “Declining: A HARD Piece for Single String Bass,” which needs the performer to speak through the entire already-challenging structure. While surviving in NY, Tom Johnson composed about modern structure for The Community Tone of voice from 1972-1982, before shifting to Paris, which includes been his house since 1983. His content for the brand new York paper are available in the reserve The Tone of voice of SONGS (Apollohuis, 1991). Johnson also composed a reserve on his music ideas, Self-Similar Melodies (Editions 75, 1996).