Kyle Gann, born 1955 in Dallas, Texas, is a composer and has been new-music
critic for the Village Voice since 1986. Internationally known as an
authority on American music, he is the author of The Music of Conlon
Nancarrow (Cambridge University Press, 1995) and American Music in the
20th Century (Schirmer Books, 1997). He studied composition with Ben
Johnston, Morton Feldman, and Peter Gena. His music is often microtonal,
using up to 37 pitches per octave, and his rhythmic language, based on
differing successive and simultaneous tempos, was developed from study of
Hopi, Zuni, and Pueblo Indian musics. His music has been performed on the
New Music America, Bang on a Can, and Spoleto festivals, and across Europe.
He received a 1994 commission from Music in Motion for his Astrological
Studies, and in 1996-97 a National Foundation for the Arts Individual
Artists' Fellowship. His music has been recorded by the Monroe Street Music and New Tone labels
and his scores are available from Frog Peak Music and Monroe Street Music. In 1997 he joined the faculty of Bard College.
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