| Nationality: | AMERICAN |
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Date & Place of Birth: |
Sept. 5, 1912 - Los Angeles |
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Date & Place of Death: |
Info. will be updated shortly |
| Near Family: | Info. will updated shortly |
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Main Place of Residence: |
A good part of his early years were spent in LA., although he did visit New York, and places in Europe. |
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Vocation (including composition): |
He often performed or conducted many of his pieces around the country. |
| Major Work(s): | 4 Minutes and 33 Seconds (1954) for silent piano; Imaginary Landscape for 12 radios. |
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Interesting Facts: |
One of the more unusuall concepts that he created was that of the prepared piano, which involved placing various objects between the strings an ordinary piano, thereby producing random tonal effects for pieces written especially for that instrument. |
