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David Behrman

Known for

Acting

Born

August 16, 1937 (age 89)

Biography

David Behrman (born August 16, 1937 in Salzburg, AustriaInt) is an American composer and a pioneer of computer music. In the early 1960s he was the producer of Columbia Records' Music of Our Time series, which included the first recording of Terry Riley's In C.[1] In 1966 Behrman co-founded Sonic Arts Union with fellow composers Robert Ashley, Alvin Lucier and Gordon Mumma. He wrote the music for Merce Cunningham's dances Walkaround Time (1968), Rebus (1975), Pictures (1984) and Eyespace 40 (2007).

Best known work

A Tribute to John Cage

A Tribute to John Cage

1976
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance

Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance

2001
Videotape Study No. 3

Videotape Study No. 3

1969
New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971

New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971

1971
Knots and Fields

Knots and Fields

2010
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television

Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television

1976
Walkaround Time

Walkaround Time

1973

Filmography

  1. 2010

    Knots and Fields

    as Self

  2. 2001

  3. 1976

  4. 1976

    Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for TelevisionTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  5. 1973

  6. 1971

  7. 1969

    Videotape Study No. 3

    Sound Designer

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