Dean Rosenthal
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Dean Rosenthal is an American composer of electronic and instrumental music and a co-editor of The Open Space Web Magazine.
His music is associated with American composers Lou Harrison
, Tom Johnson, Larry Polansky
and John Cage
, and he has conducted and performed experimental music
since 1996. He has been commissioned to write music by Morton Subotnick
and Barbara Galli.
His own music, "Underpinnings," was released as part of a compilation of postminimalism
in 2007. "Our Gazes," a round for 3 voices that sets the poetry of American poet Henry Lyman
is published in Rounds Unbound by Frog Peak Music
.
His music is associated with American composers Lou Harrison
Lou Harrison
Lou Silver Harrison was an American composer. He was a student of Henry Cowell, Arnold Schoenberg, and K. P. H. Notoprojo Lou Silver Harrison (May 14, 1917 – February 2, 2003) was an American composer. He was a student of Henry Cowell, Arnold Schoenberg, and K. P. H. Notoprojo Lou Silver Harrison...
, Tom Johnson, Larry Polansky
Larry Polansky
Larry Polansky is a composer, guitarist, mandolinist, and a professor at Dartmouth College. He is a founding member and co-director of . He co-wrote HMSL with Phil Burk and David Rosenboom....
and John Cage
John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde...
, and he has conducted and performed experimental music
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
since 1996. He has been commissioned to write music by Morton Subotnick
Morton Subotnick
Morton Subotnick is an American composer of electronic music, best known for his Silver Apples of the Moon, the first electronic work commissioned by a record company, Nonesuch...
and Barbara Galli.
His own music, "Underpinnings," was released as part of a compilation of postminimalism
Postminimalism
Postminimalism is an art term coined by Robert Pincus-Witten in 1971 used in various artistic fields for work which is influenced by, or attempts to develop and go beyond, the aesthetic of minimalism...
in 2007. "Our Gazes," a round for 3 voices that sets the poetry of American poet Henry Lyman
Henry Lyman
Henry Lyman is an American poet, editor, translator, and former host and producer of WFCR's Poems to a Listener, a nationally distributed series of readings and conversations with poets which ran from 1976 to 1994....
is published in Rounds Unbound by Frog Peak Music
Frog Peak Music
Frog Peak Music is a composer's collective that produces and distributes experimental works, and functions as a home for its artists. It was co-founded in 1984 by Jody Diamond and Larry Polansky....
.
External links
- Dean Rosenthal Website & Archive
- Dean Rosenthal at Vox NovusVox NovusVox Novus is an organization promoting contemporary composers. Founded by Robert Voisey in 2000 This organization was created for the purposes of expanding the presence of contemporary music in the public's vision, empowering composers and contemporary musicians to create, produce, and promote...