Kenneth Gaburo

Kenneth Gaburo (July 5, 1926 in Somerville, New Jersey; - January 26, 1993 in Iowa City, Iowa) was an American composer.

Gaburo was a highly influential teacher, and served as a professor of music at the University of Illinois and the University of California, San Diego. His notable students include James Tenney and Allen Strange.

He most often made innovative use of electronics and explored tonality, serialism, and what he called "compositional linguistics" such as in his LINGUA series (Listening). He also wrote minimal pieces such as "The Flow of (u)" for three voices singing unison.

The archive of his life's work is held at the University of Illinois Music Library.

Discography

*"Kenneth Gaburo: Five Works For Voices, Instruments, and Electronics" (2002). New World Records 80585-2. Featuring:
#"Antiphony IV (Poised)"
#"String Quartet in One Movement"
#""
#"Antiphony III (Pearl-white moments)"
#"The Flow of (u)"

References

*Rosen, Jerome, and Keith Moore. 2001. "Gaburo, Kenneth". "The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians", ed. S. Sadie and J. Tyrrell. London: Macmillan.

Further reading

* Brooks, William, Harley Gaber, Susan Motycka, Herbert Brün, et al. 1979–1980. "Gaburo". "Perspectives of New Music" 18, nos. 1 & 2 (Fall-Winter & Spring-Summer):7–257.
* Dunn, David (ed.). 1995. "A Kenneth Gaburo Memorial". "Perspectives of New Music" 33, nos. 1 & 2:6–207.

External links

* [http://www.angelfire.com/mn/gaburo/ Kenneth Gaburo page]

Listening

* [http://www.ubu.com/sound/gaburo.html UbuWeb: Kenneth Gaburo] featuring "LINGUA II: MALEDETTO (Composition for 7 Virtuoso Speakers)" 1967-8, see: Unified Thread Standard