Tom Johnson

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An Hour for Piano 59:22 Tools
The 286 Three-Note Chords 00:00 Tools
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Multiplication Table 00:00 Tools
The 715 Four-Note Chords 00:00 Tools
Mersenne Numbers 00:00 Tools
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Xx 00:00 Tools
Eighty-Eights 00:00 Tools
Tango 00:00 Tools
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The 1287 Five-Note Chords 00:00 Tools
XVIII 00:00 Tools
VII 00:00 Tools
Abundant Numbers 00:00 Tools
Kientzy Loops 00:00 Tools
The 78 Eleven-Note Chords 00:00 Tools
XII 00:00 Tools
The 1716 Six-Note Chords 00:00 Tools
Where Are You Tonight 00:00 Tools
The 715 Nine-Note Chords 00:00 Tools
Euler's Harmonies 00:00 Tools
The 286 Ten-Note Chords 00:00 Tools
XVI 00:00 Tools
Secret Songs 1 00:00 Tools
Narayana's Cows 00:00 Tools
Secret Songs 2 00:00 Tools
XVII 00:00 Tools
The 1716 Seven-Note Chords 00:00 Tools
XIX 00:00 Tools
The 1287 Eight-Note Chords 00:00 Tools
Secret Songs 3 00:00 Tools
No. II (Infinite Melodies) 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: I 00:00 Tools
Tortue De Mer 00:00 Tools
Failing: A Very Difficult Piece for String Bass 00:00 Tools
XXVI 00:00 Tools
An Hour for Piano: Pt. 8 00:00 Tools
XXVIII 00:00 Tools
Pascal's Trigangle 00:00 Tools
Block Design 00:00 Tools
For the Silence 00:00 Tools
Voicings 00:00 Tools
Around the Silence 00:00 Tools
Before the Silence 00:00 Tools
Tango (1984) 00:00 Tools
An Hour for Piano: Pt. 6 00:00 Tools
XXV 00:00 Tools
Tilework 00:00 Tools
Where are you tonight? 00:00 Tools
Toward the Silence 00:00 Tools
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Against the Silence 00:00 Tools
XXIV 00:00 Tools
No. III (Infinite Melodies) 00:00 Tools
Into the Silence 00:00 Tools
Kirkman's Ladies - Rational Harmonies in Three Voices 00:00 Tools
Vi 00:00 Tools
Through the Silence 00:00 Tools
XXII 00:00 Tools
Secret Songs No.1 (1979) 00:00 Tools
32 Breaths 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: II 00:00 Tools
Seventh Bell 00:00 Tools
Within the Silence 00:00 Tools
No. I (Infinite Melodies) 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: III 00:00 Tools
No. IV (Infinite Melodies) 00:00 Tools
counting keys (1982): i 00:00 Tools
Xv 00:00 Tools
First Bell 00:00 Tools
Disc 2: Secret Songs I 00:00 Tools
Fifth Bell 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: IV 00:00 Tools
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study for player piano (1994) 00:00 Tools
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Third Bell 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: V 00:00 Tools
Disc 2: Secret Songs III 00:00 Tools
counting keys (1982): ii 00:00 Tools
counting keys (1982): iii 00:00 Tools
counting keys (1982): v 00:00 Tools
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Rational Melodies: VI 00:00 Tools
Secret Songs No.2 (1979) 00:00 Tools
Xxi 00:00 Tools
counting keys (1982): iv 00:00 Tools
Secret Songs: I 00:00 Tools
Second Bell 00:00 Tools
Ix 00:00 Tools
TJ-RM-03 00:00 Tools
TJ-RM-04 00:00 Tools
TJ-RM-05 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: VIII 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: VII 00:00 Tools
block design for piano (2005) 00:00 Tools
TJ-RM-01 00:00 Tools
Secret Songs: II 00:00 Tools
organ and silence for piano (2002): i before the silence 00:00 Tools
TJ-RM-07 00:00 Tools
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TJ-RM-06 00:00 Tools
Secret Songs: III 00:00 Tools
TJ-RM-02 00:00 Tools
kirkman's ladies - rational ha 00:00 Tools
tilework for piano (2003) 00:00 Tools
Secret Songs No.3 (1979) 00:00 Tools
Disc 2: Secret Songs II 00:00 Tools
Failing 00:00 Tools
organ and silence for piano (2002): iii within the silence 00:00 Tools
organ and silence for piano (2002): iv through the silence 00:00 Tools
organ and silence for piano (2002): v against the silence 00:00 Tools
organ and silence for piano (2002): ii around the silence 00:00 Tools
TJ-RM-10 00:00 Tools
TJ-RM-09 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: X 00:00 Tools
Fourth Bell 00:00 Tools
organ and silence for piano (2002): vi for the silence 00:00 Tools
organ and silence for piano (2002): vii toward the silence 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: IX 00:00 Tools
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Rational Melodies: XI 00:00 Tools
TJ-RM-21 00:00 Tools
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Pascal's Triangle 00:00 Tools
Secret Songs 00:00 Tools
Sixth Bell 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies (Twenty-one pieces for any instrument) [1982]: I 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: No. 18, Koto 00:00 Tools
organ and silence for piano (2002): viii into the silence 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: XV 00:00 Tools
TJ-RM-19 00:00 Tools
Study for Player Piano 00:00 Tools
Eighth Bell 00:00 Tools
Ninth Bell 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: XII 00:00 Tools
TJ-RM-16 00:00 Tools
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Rational Melodies: No. 15, Sitar 00:00 Tools
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Rational Melodies: XX 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: XVI 00:00 Tools
Berceuse 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: XIX 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: XIV 00:00 Tools
One-Way Ticket 00:00 Tools
01 First Bell 00:00 Tools
Tilework For Piano 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: No. 13, Harp 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: No. 1, Kora 00:00 Tools
An Hour for Piano: Pt. 4 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: No. 2, Oud 00:00 Tools
32 breaths 2000) 00:00 Tools
An Hour for Piano: Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
secret songs 1 (1976) 00:00 Tools
An Hour for Piano: Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
Block Design For Piano 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: XVIII 00:00 Tools
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03 Third Bell 00:00 Tools
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Rational Melodies XI 00:00 Tools
Organ and Silence (2000): VIII 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies (1982): I 00:00 Tools
Plucking 00:00 Tools
Organ And Silence For Piano: II Around The Silence 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies (Twenty-one pieces for any instrument) [1982]: II 00:00 Tools
Rational Melody No. 1 00:00 Tools
Organ And Silence For Piano: III Within The Silence 00:00 Tools
Orgelpark Color Chart 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies (Twenty-one pieces for any instrument) [1982]: III 00:00 Tools
08 Eighth Bell 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: No. 4, Bass 00:00 Tools
Secret Songs II 00:00 Tools
Secret Songs I 00:00 Tools
Counting Keys (1982) - John McAlpine, piano 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies (1982): VII 00:00 Tools
Study für Player Piano 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: No. 12, Harpsichord 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: No. 10, Guitar 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies: No. 3, Tar 00:00 Tools
Counting Keys: IV 00:00 Tools
Rational Melody No. 2 00:00 Tools
Wolo Yolo 00:00 Tools
Organ And Silence For Piano: IV For The Silence 00:00 Tools
Organ And Silence For Piano: I Before The Silence 00:00 Tools
Organ And Silence For Piano: V Against The Silence 00:00 Tools
Organ And Silence For Piano: IV Through The Silence 00:00 Tools
05 Fifth Bell 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies (Twenty-one pieces for any instrument) [1982]: V 00:00 Tools
04 Fourth Bell 00:00 Tools
Nine Bells (1-4) 00:00 Tools
06 Sixth Bell 00:00 Tools
Secret Songs III 00:00 Tools
32 Breaths (2000) 00:00 Tools
Organ and Silence for Piano (2002) - John McAlpine, piano 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies (1982): II 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies (1982): XV 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies (1982): IX 00:00 Tools
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Rational Melodies (1982): IV 00:00 Tools
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Rational Melodies (1982): XXI 00:00 Tools
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Counting Keys: I 00:00 Tools
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Counting Keys: V 00:00 Tools
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Infinite Melodies No. II 00:00 Tools
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Counting Keys: III 00:00 Tools
11 00:00 Tools
secret songs 2 (1976) 00:00 Tools
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Organ And Silence For Piano: VII Toward The Silence 00:00 Tools
secret songs 3 (1976) 00:00 Tools
Organ and Silence (1999) III 00:00 Tools
An Hour for Piano: Pt. 3 00:00 Tools
Rational Melodies (Twenty-one pieces for any instrument) [1982]: VI 00:00 Tools
Seventh Bell(exc) 00:00 Tools
09 Ninth Bell 00:00 Tools
Lullaby 00:00 Tools
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American composer and critic Tom Johnson (born November 18, 1939 in Greeley, Colorado), is one of the few composers to self-identify as minimalist; in fact, he may have coined the term while serving as the new music critic for the Village Voice. He has since collected those articles in the book The Voice of New Music which is available free online. He has lived in Paris since 1983. His pieces are most often based simply on mathematical and logical processes, such as tiling, which he attempts to make as clear as possible. His works include: Rational Melodies, An Hour for Piano, Organ and Silence, and The Four Note Opera. As Greg Sandow (2003) describes Nine Bells, "in which he walked, at a steady rhythmic pace (and, if I remember correctly, for more than an hour), among nine suspended burglar alarm bells, systematically exploring all the possible paths among them. Which, since he strikes each bells as he passes it, are also all the possible melodies their pitches might make. As in many of Tom's works, theory and practice are identical here... You see and hear the structure of the piece. That's not even remotely abstract; instead, it's pure happiness, as the pealing bells seem to ring with Tom's concentration (visible in his face and body, audible in his steady steps), and his joie de vivre." Johnson is married to artist Esther Ferrer. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.