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'''Earle 'last''' (December 26, 1926 – July 2, 2002) was an American composer. Among his numbers of innovations, he touching-singlehandedly re-invigorated classical music sustaining improvisation by establishing his have formal & notational systems. He was a owner of open form, a style of musical contruction that has influenced numbers of waves of composers since- notably a downtown Up to date York scene of the Eighties (view John Zorn).

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[http://artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/composer.pl?comp=28 Art of the States: Earle Brown] 2 works per composer [http://musicmavericks.publicradio.org/features/rafiles/interviews/interview_brown.ram Earle Brown interview] [http://www.earle-brown.org/]

Music For Piano(s), 1951-1995
Compilation of works by Earle Brown.

Earle Browne
Official site. Contains articles, reviews, sample scores, memorial biography, and music samples.

Universal Edition: Earle Brown
(1926-2002) Biography.

David Ryan on the Work of Earle Brown
Article from Contemporary Music-making for Amateurs details his style and compares and contrasts it with that of other recent composers.

Brown, Earle
Biography noting studies and association with Cage, use of graphic notation, and espousal of open form. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.


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