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'''Kenneth Louis Gaburo''' (July 5, 1926 – January 26, 1993) was an American [[composer]]. | {{Infobox person | ||
| name = Kenneth Louis Gaburo | |||
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|7|5|df=yes}} | |||
| birth_place = Somerville, New Jersey, U.S. | |||
| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|1|26|1926|7|5|df=yes}} | |||
| death_place = Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. | |||
| nationality = American | |||
| occupation = Composer, Music educator | |||
| known_for = Pioneer in electronic music; “compositional linguistics”; works combining voice, language, electronics | |||
}} | |||
'''Kenneth Louis Gaburo''' (July 5, 1926 – January 26, 1993) was an American [[composer]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1993-01-29 |title=Kenneth Gaburo, 65; Composer and Teacher (Published 1993) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/29/obituaries/kenneth-gaburo-65-composer-and-teacher.html |access-date=2025-10-19 |language=en}}</ref> | |||
==Life== | ==Life== | ||
Gaburo was born in [[Somerville, New Jersey]]. He served as a professor of music at the [[University of Illinois]], the [[University of California, San Diego]], and the [[University of Iowa]]. His notable students include [[Louise Spizizen]], [[James Tenney]], [[Betty Ann Wong]], and [[Allen Strange]]. He is renowned as a teacher, pioneer of electronics in music, jazz pianist, writer, ecologist, publisher, and proponent of compositional [[linguistics]]. | Gaburo was born in [[Somerville, New Jersey]]. He served as a professor of music at the [[University of Illinois]], the [[University of California, San Diego]], and the [[University of Iowa]]. His notable students include [[Louise Spizizen]], [[James Tenney]], [[Betty Ann Wong]], and [[Allen Strange]]. He is renowned as a teacher, pioneer of electronics in music, jazz pianist, writer, ecologist, publisher, and proponent of compositional [[linguistics]]. | ||
In 1968, he joined the faculty at the new San Diego campus of the University of California where in 1972 a [[Rockefeller Foundation]] grant enabled him to start NMCE IV, this time with an actor, a virtuoso speaker, a mime, a gymnast, and a sound-movement artist.{{r|GroveDict_Gaburo}} Until his resignation from UCSD in 1975 he produced a large number of integrated theatrical works, such as the collection ''Lingua and Privacy''.{{ | In 1968, he joined the faculty at the new San Diego campus of the [[University of California]] where in 1972 a [[Rockefeller Foundation]] grant enabled him to start NMCE IV, this time with an actor, a virtuoso speaker, a mime, a gymnast, and a sound-movement artist.{{r|GroveDict_Gaburo}} Until his resignation from [[University of California, San Diego|UCSD]] in 1975 he produced a large number of integrated theatrical works, such as the collection ''Lingua and Privacy''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gaburo |first=Kenneth |last2=Zurbrugg |first2=Nicholas |date=1995 |title=Two Interviews with Kenneth Gaburo |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/833693 |journal=Perspectives of New Music |volume=33 |issue=1/2 |pages=10–27 |issn=0031-6016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Jonathan |date=2017 |title=An Excerpt of Ghosts Before Breakfast and a History of the Electronic Music Studios at the University of Iowa |url=https://theremin.music.uiowa.edu/documents/An%20Excerpt%20of%20Ghosts%20Before%20Breakfast%20and%20a%20History%20of%20the%20Electronic%20Music%20Studios%20at%20the%20University%20of%20Iowa.pdf |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios |publisher=University of Iowa |format=PDF}}</ref> | ||
In 1975, Gaburo founded Lingua Press, which produces scores, books, records, audio tapes, videotapes, and films.{{r|GroveDict_Gaburo}} This firm is dedicated to putting forth unique artist-produced works in all media having to do with language and music. Many of the publications have been exhibited in book art shows throughout the world.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} Gaburo lived in the Anzo-Borrego desert writing and teaching from 1980 until 1983.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} In 1980, he was artistic director for the first "authentic" production of [[Harry Partch]]'s ''The Bewitched'' for the Berlin Festival (recorded on ''Enclosure Five: Harry Partch'', innova 405).{{Citation needed|date=April 2010|reason=The characterization 'authentic production' needs a source—one that asserts the University of Illinois production done with Partch's participation was in some way 'inauthentic'.}} His understanding of Partch's concept of corporeality has deep connections with his own concern for physicality and how it informs compositions. His 1982 tape work, ''RE-RUN'', for instance, was generated after a 20-hour [[sensory deprivation]] exercise.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} | In 1975, Gaburo founded Lingua Press, which produces scores, books, records, audio tapes, videotapes, and films.{{r|GroveDict_Gaburo}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Polansky |first=Larry |last2=Levin |first2=John |date=1987 |title=The Mills College Center for Contemporary Music's Seminar in Formal Methods Series: A Documentary Survey |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1578332 |journal=Leonardo |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=155–163 |doi=10.2307/1578332 |issn=0024-094X|url-access=subscription }}</ref>This firm is dedicated to putting forth unique artist-produced works in all media having to do with language and music. Many of the publications have been exhibited in book art shows throughout the world.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} Gaburo lived in the [[Anza-Borrego Desert State Park|Anzo-Borrego desert]] writing and teaching from 1980 until 1983.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} In 1980, he was artistic director for the first "authentic" production of [[Harry Partch]]'s ''[[The Bewitched]]'' for the [[Berlin Festival]] (recorded on ''Enclosure Five: Harry Partch'', innova 405).{{Citation needed|date=April 2010|reason=The characterization 'authentic production' needs a source—one that asserts the University of Illinois production done with Partch's participation was in some way 'inauthentic'.}} His understanding of Partch's concept of corporeality has deep connections with his own concern for physicality and how it informs compositions. His 1982 tape work, ''RE-RUN'', for instance, was generated after a 20-hour [[sensory deprivation]] exercise.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} | ||
He became Director of the Experimental Music Studio at the University of Iowa in 1983.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} The studio put intensive focus on composition, technology, psycho-acoustic perception, performance, and the affirmation of the uniqueness of the individual to create his/her own language reality. At the studio, he founded the Seminar for Cognitive Studies, a forum for discussion of the creative process. His concern for the investigation of music as legitimate research, and composition as the creation of intrinsic appropriate language, led to a series of readings in compositional linguistics for solo performer. One such piece is "[http://inventivity.com/pp/v1_2_p34.html PENTAGON/Y]" (1986) was published in The Act.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PENTAGON/Y by Kenneth Gaburo published in The Act V1.#2 1987 |url=http://inventivity.com/pp/v1_2_p34.html |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=inventivity.com}}</ref> | He became Director of the [[Experimental Music Studios|Experimental Music Studio]] at the [[University of Iowa]] in 1983.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} The studio put intensive focus on composition, technology, psycho-acoustic perception, performance, and the affirmation of the uniqueness of the individual to create his/her own language reality. At the studio, he founded the Seminar for Cognitive Studies, a forum for discussion of the creative process. His concern for the investigation of music as legitimate research, and composition as the creation of intrinsic appropriate language, led to a series of readings in compositional linguistics for solo performer. One such piece is "[http://inventivity.com/pp/v1_2_p34.html PENTAGON/Y]" (1986) was published in The Act.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PENTAGON/Y by Kenneth Gaburo published in The Act V1.#2 1987 |url=http://inventivity.com/pp/v1_2_p34.html |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=inventivity.com}}</ref> | ||
He most often made innovative use of electronics and explored [[tonality]], [[serialism]], and what he called "compositional linguistics" such as in his LINGUA series.{{r|UbuWeb}} He also wrote [[minimalism|minimal]] pieces such as ''[[The Flow of (u)]]'' for three voices singing [[unison]]. | He most often made innovative use of electronics and explored [[tonality]], [[serialism]], and what he called "compositional linguistics" such as in his LINGUA series.{{r|UbuWeb}} He also wrote [[minimalism|minimal]] pieces such as ''[[The Flow of (u)]]'' for three voices singing [[unison]]. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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<ref name=GroveDict_Gaburo>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Rosen|first=Jerome|date=2002|title=Gaburo, Kenneth (Louis)|encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]]|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O008745}}</ref> | <ref name=GroveDict_Gaburo>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Rosen|first=Jerome|date=2002|title=Gaburo, Kenneth (Louis)|encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]]|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O008745}}</ref> | ||
<ref name=UbuWeb>[http://www.ubu.com/sound/gaburo.html ''LINGUA II: MALEDETTO (Composition for 7 Virtuoso Speakers)'' (1967–68)], analysis and sound files, Kenneth Gaburo, December 1973, [[UbuWeb]]</ref> | <ref name=UbuWeb>[http://www.ubu.com/sound/gaburo.html ''LINGUA II: MALEDETTO (Composition for 7 Virtuoso Speakers)'' (1967–68)], analysis and sound files, Kenneth Gaburo, December 1973, [[UbuWeb]]</ref> | ||
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== Further reading == | == Further reading == | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:34, 21 December 2025
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Life
Gaburo was born in Somerville, New Jersey. He served as a professor of music at the University of Illinois, the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Iowa. His notable students include Louise Spizizen, James Tenney, Betty Ann Wong, and Allen Strange. He is renowned as a teacher, pioneer of electronics in music, jazz pianist, writer, ecologist, publisher, and proponent of compositional linguistics.
In 1968, he joined the faculty at the new San Diego campus of the University of California where in 1972 a Rockefeller Foundation grant enabled him to start NMCE IV, this time with an actor, a virtuoso speaker, a mime, a gymnast, and a sound-movement artist.Template:R Until his resignation from UCSD in 1975 he produced a large number of integrated theatrical works, such as the collection Lingua and Privacy.[2][3]
In 1975, Gaburo founded Lingua Press, which produces scores, books, records, audio tapes, videotapes, and films.Template:R[4]This firm is dedicated to putting forth unique artist-produced works in all media having to do with language and music. Many of the publications have been exhibited in book art shows throughout the world.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Gaburo lived in the Anzo-Borrego desert writing and teaching from 1980 until 1983.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 1980, he was artistic director for the first "authentic" production of Harry Partch's The Bewitched for the Berlin Festival (recorded on Enclosure Five: Harry Partch, innova 405).Script error: No such module "Unsubst". His understanding of Partch's concept of corporeality has deep connections with his own concern for physicality and how it informs compositions. His 1982 tape work, RE-RUN, for instance, was generated after a 20-hour sensory deprivation exercise.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
He became Director of the Experimental Music Studio at the University of Iowa in 1983.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The studio put intensive focus on composition, technology, psycho-acoustic perception, performance, and the affirmation of the uniqueness of the individual to create his/her own language reality. At the studio, he founded the Seminar for Cognitive Studies, a forum for discussion of the creative process. His concern for the investigation of music as legitimate research, and composition as the creation of intrinsic appropriate language, led to a series of readings in compositional linguistics for solo performer. One such piece is "PENTAGON/Y" (1986) was published in The Act.[5]
He most often made innovative use of electronics and explored tonality, serialism, and what he called "compositional linguistics" such as in his LINGUA series.Template:R He also wrote minimal pieces such as The Flow of (u) for three voices singing unison.
Gaburo died in 1993 in Iowa City, Iowa, aged 66.
The archive of his life's work is held at the University of Illinois Music Library.
Discography
- Kenneth Gaburo: Five Works for Voices, Instruments, and Electronics (2002). New World Records 80585-2. Featuring:
- Antiphony IV (Poised) (1967)
- String Quartet in One Movement (1956)
- Mouth-Piece: Sextet for Solo Trumpet (1970)
- Antiphony III (Pearl-white moments) (1962)
- The Flow of (u) (1974)
References
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Further reading
- Brooks, William; Harley Gaber, Susan Motycka, Herbert Brün, et al. 1979–1980. "Gaburo". Perspectives of New Music 18, nos. 1 & 2 (Fall–Winter & Spring–Summer):7–257.
- Dunn, David (ed.). 1995. "A Kenneth Gaburo Memorial". Perspectives of New Music 33, nos. 1 & 2:6–207.
- Manning, Peter. 2004. Template:Trim Electronic and Computer Music at Google Books, Edition 3. Oxford University Press US. Template:ISBN.
External links
- Kenneth Gaburo page, Philip Blackburn, angelfire.com
- Interview with Kenneth Gaburo, Bruce Duffie, April 7, 1987