Conversation with David Tudor

 

David Tudor at the performance table, Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

“David Tudor (January 20, 1926 – August 13, 1996) was an American pianist and composer of experimental music. Tudor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied piano with Irma Wolpe and composition with Stefan Wolpe and became known as one of the leading performers of avant garde piano music. ... The composer with whom Tudor is particularly associated is John Cage; he gave the premiere of Cage's Music of Changes, Concert For Piano and Orchestra and the notorious 4' 33". Cage said that many of his pieces were written either specifically for Tudor to perform or with him in mind, once stating ‘what you had to do was to make a situation that would interest him. That was the role he played.’ ...”

Prepared Guitar (Video)

David Tudor electronics

[PDF] Hear After: Matters of Life and Death in David Tudor’s Electronic Music

 

Wesleyan University Electronic Music Studio – Gordon Mumma built a lot of electronics for Tudor – this Cybersonics Output Splitter provides four individual amplifiers and outputs for one in signal.

2017 March: The Art Of David Tudor 1963–1992