Artist Info: William Duckworth

William Duckworth (born in 1943) is credited as composer of the first postminimal piece of music, The Time Curve Preludes.

He composed Thirty-One Days (1987), for alto saxophone, and Southern Harmony, a choral work which uses certain features of shape note singing.

He is the author of:

* Talking Music: Conversations With John Cage, Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, and Five Generations of American Experimental Composers (ISBN 0306808935)
* A Creative Approach to Music Fundamentals (ISBN 0534094201) [read more...]