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Article: DAVID TUDOR, 70, NOTED FOR AVANT-GARDE ELECTRONIC MUSIC.(News/National/International)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- August 18, 1996
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Byline: Allan Kozinn The New York Times
David Tudor, a composer and performer of avant-garde electronic music who was closely associated with John Cage and succeeded him as the music director of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in 1992, died Tuesday at his home in Tomkins Cove, N.Y. He was 70.
Mimi Johnson, his manager at Performing Artservices, said he had recently had a series of strokes and died in his sleep.
In many of his works, Mr. Tudor used a combination of taped and live sounds. Often, both the live and recorded sounds would be modified by electronic devices and computer programs designed to his specifications.
And often the ...