David C. Johnson
David C. Johnson, (born 30 January 1940 in Batavia, New York), is a living since 1964 in Europe, American composer, flutist, performer of live electronic music, electronic music teacher and director of electronic studios.
Life
David Johnson graduated from Harvard University ( MA in Composition 1964) and in Paris with Nadia Boulanger. In Cologne he took from 1964 to 1967 at the Cologne Courses for New Music in part (Stockhausen 1971.198-204 ).
1966-67, as a freelancer at Cologne's Studio for Electronic Music of the WDR, he assisted Karlheinz Stockhausen in the production of the electronic work " hymns " and served the live electronics at the first performances of chamber music version of Stockhausen 's work " mixture " ( 1967) and at the Darmstadt collaborations that led Stockhausen: "Ensemble " in 1967 and "Music for a house ", 1968 ( Gehlhaar 1968, 39; pinion 1970, 50; Stockhausen 1971, 213 and 217). In 1968 he was a lecturer in electronic music at the Cologne Courses for New Music (Stockhausen 1971, 206).
David Johnson in 1968 was a founding member of the experimental music group with the bass guitarist Holger Schüring (later known as Holger Czukay ), keyboard player Irmin Schmidt, guitarist Michael Karoli and drummer Jaki Liebezeit, which became known under the name of Can. Increasingly rock influences he saw as limiting the musical freedom and quality and therefore ended 1969, the co.
In 1970, he led some " process - compositions" by Stockhausen, Spiral, Pole and Expo at the German Pavilion of the World Expo in Osaka, Expo 70 ( Kurtz 1992, 178; Stockhausen 1971, 175-81 ).
1970, after Osaka, the composer Johannes Fritsch, Rolf Gehlhaar and David Johnson founded the Feedback Studio in Cologne. 1971 David Johnson was also the technical staff of the 'Studio voor Muziek electronic ' Rijksuniversität of Utrecht.
Also in 1971 he became a member of Oeldorf group of musicians cooperative with Peter Eötvös, Messiah Maiguashca, Gaby Schumacher (cello) and Joachim Krist (viola ), the event series " Oeldorfer Midsummer Night Music " ran until 1975. The musical performances took place in a barn on a farm in Kürten instead that the group inhabited ( Kurtz 1992, 200).
1972 his daughter Sophie was born ( child with Mary Bauermeister ). With Helmut Lachenmann, he was coordinator of the composition studios of the International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt, Germany in the same year. By 1975, he was technical director of the Feedback Studio and until 1984 he was head of the electronic studios of the Music Academy of Basel. He now lives in Basel, where he is married to the sound artist Bernadette Johnson in October 1984. His second daughter Carla was born in 1985 and is now a singer.
Compositions
- Three Pieces for string quartet (1966 )
- Where we live, Electronic music for the documentary film by Kazimierz Karabasz (1967 )
- Telefunken, Electronic Music (1968 )
- Sound antitone, Electronic Music (1968 )
- Prorganica, sound installation (1970 )
- Organica I-IV, sound installations ( 1970-72 )
- Triangles, for flute, clarinet, cello, and 3 ring modulators ( 1975)
- Ars Subtilior Electrica, Electronic Music, Electro niches in the studio of the Music Academy in Basel implemented (1977 )
- Windfalls for tape, live electronics, slide projection and accompanying events ( 1984)
- Of burning a candle, for tape and slide projection (1985 )
- Prisoners fruits, Cybernetic sound space (1989 /90)
- Wisdom of the earth, for tape, live electronics and slide projection (1990 )