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Xenakis
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Xenakis [zɛˈnɑːkɪs (Greek) ksɛˈnakis]
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(Biographies / Xenakis, Yannis (1922-2001) M, Greeknational of birth: Romanian, MUSIC: composer, MUSIC: musical theorist) Yannis (ˈjanis). 1922-2001, Greek composer and musical theorist, born in Romania: later a French citizen. He was noted for his use of computers in composition: his works include ST/10-1, 080262 (1962) and Dox-orkh (1991)
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An example is "No-mos Gamma," a 1968 work by the Greek-French com-poser Iannis Xenakis.
The uncompromising sound of the insurance salesman by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
A collaboration with Edgard Varese and Iannis Xenakis, the audiovisual program inside the structure deployed montage to juxtapose images of monochromatic surfaces, Western and non-Western art, heavy industry, atomic bomb test sites, smiling babies, and concentration camp prisoners.
"Expo 58": Atomium by Banai, Nuit / Artforum International
He helped out at the festival and once had tea with the modernist composer Iannis Xenakis, who said quite a lot about the weather and rather less about music.
Cool cat in the conservatoire by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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