Morton Feldman

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American composer avant-garde composer composer human

Morton Feldman was an influential American avant-garde composer known for his quiet, long-duration works and close association with the New York School of composers and artists.

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Label	Occurrences
Morton Feldman canonical	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American composer ⓘ avant-garde composer ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ
associatedWith	Christian Wolff NERFINISHED ⓘ Earle Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cage NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Rothko NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Guston NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	pancreatic cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1926-01-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1987-09-03 ⓘ
education	studied with Stefan Wolpe ⓘ studied with Wallingford Riegger NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	State University of New York at Buffalo NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jewish American NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Feldman NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Morton Feldman NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	contemporary classical music ⓘ minimalism-adjacent music ⓘ
givenName	Morton NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	experimental composers ⓘ postminimalist composers ⓘ
influencedBy	Anton Webern NERFINISHED ⓘ Edgar Varèse NERFINISHED ⓘ John Cage NERFINISHED ⓘ abstract expressionist painting ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
movement	New York School NERFINISHED ⓘ avant-garde ⓘ experimental music ⓘ
notableFor	association with New York School composers and artists ⓘ indeterminate notation ⓘ quiet long-duration works ⓘ
notableWork	Coptic Light NERFINISHED ⓘ Crippled Symmetry NERFINISHED ⓘ For Bunita Marcus NERFINISHED ⓘ For Philip Guston ⓘ Piano and String Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ Rothko Chapel NERFINISHED ⓘ String Quartet No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Triadic Memories NERFINISHED ⓘ Why Patterns? NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	composer ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Buffalo, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Edgar Varèse Professor of Music at SUNY Buffalo NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Buffalo, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ

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Subject: Morton Feldman
Description of subject: Morton Feldman was an influential American avant-garde composer known for his quiet, long-duration works and close association with the New York School of composers and artists.

Referenced by (1)

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Abraham Lincoln High School → alumni → Morton Feldman ⓘ