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Johanna Beyer

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277:, a theoretical compositional system developed by Charles Seeger and Cowell and most famously articulated in the works of Ruth Crawford Seeger. However, Beyer developed her own distinctive gestures and procedures that distinguished her music from that of her colleagues. Her compositions are characterized by an economic use of resources, balanced and well-constructed forms, "a unique sense of humor and whimsy," and a commitment to experimentation. 124:, having studied piano, harmony, theory, counterpoint, singing, and dancing. Colleagues in New York recalled that her pianism and musicianship were excellent and that her musical training seemed traditional and solid. She spent 1911–1914 in America, though nothing is known of her activities during those years. Returning to the U.S. in 1923 (according to the biographical notes she provided in a 168:, a now-forgotten composer and painter who studied with Beyer. Her most intimate friendship was with Cowell; surviving correspondence reveals a tumultuous, and possibly romantic, relationship between the two composers. Beyer acted as Cowell's informal agent and secretary from 1936 to 1941 on a voluntary basis (only receiving partial compensation in 1941). 284:(1938) is the first known work scored for electronic instruments by a female composer. The fourth movements of her two clarinet suites (1932) are some of the earliest examples of a pitch-based approach to rhythmic processes, which would not be fully explored again until the late 1940s by composers such as 311:
Perhaps Beyer's most important and overlooked contribution to the development of new music is her repertoire for percussion ensemble. The Percussion Suite of 1933 is one of the earliest examples in this genre and differs from those of her contemporaries in that it "explores the understated and quiet
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calls one of the "most gorgeous orchestrations for percussion ensemble ever composed," and the Three Movements for Percussion (1939). All of her percussion music is distinguished from that of her contemporaries by its sense of humor, and "emphasis on process over more purely rhythmic exploration."
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de Graaf, "'Never Call Us Lady Composers': Gendered Receptions at the New York Composers' Forum, 1935–1940," "American Music" 26/3 (Fall 2008), 291–92; Lumsden, Rachel, "'The Pulse of Life Today': Borrowing in Johanna Beyer's String Quartet No. 2,"
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performed two movements of her "Three Movements for Percussion" in his northwestern percussion tours during the late 1930s. In 1936 her skills in multiple media came to the fore in her play,
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in 1933, where her Three Songs for Soprano, Piano, and Percussion were performed. A year later, the second movement from her Suite for Clarinet and Bassoon, performed in one of
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Although her music was overlooked during her lifetime and for decades after her death, it was some of the most experimental and prophetic work created during the 1930s.
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For a detailed discussion of Beyer's experiences in the Composers' Forum, see de Graaf, "Intersections of Gender and Modernism in the Music of Johanna Beyer."
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Suite for Clarinet and Bassoon, movements 2 and 4 only, Rosario Mazzeo, clarinet, Raymond Allard, bassoon (New Music Quarterly Recordings 1413 side A , 1938).
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Much of Beyer's music, particularly that written between 1931 and 1939, reflects the aesthetics of the American "ultra-modernists," a circle which included
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Beal, Amy, "'Her Whimsy and Originality Really Amount to Genius': New Biographical Research on Johanna Beyer," "American Music" 38/1 (Fall 2008), 12.
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Polansky, Larry, and John Kennedy. "'Total Eclipse': The Music of Johanna Magdalena Beyer: An Introduction and Preliminary Annotated Checklist,"
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de Graaf, Melissa. "'Never Call Us Lady Composers': Gendered Receptions in the New York Composers' Forum, 1935-1940,"
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String Quartet no. 2, Miwako Abe, violin 1, Aaron Barnden, violin 2, Erkki Veltheim, viola, Rosanne Hunt, cello, on
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String Quartet no. 1, Miwako Abe, violin 1, Aaron Barnden, violin 2, Erkki Veltheim, viola, Rosanne Hunt, cello, on
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Though she was largely ignored as a composer, she did have a number of important performances. The first was at the
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de Graaf, Melissa. "The Reception of an Ultra-Modernist: Ruth Crawford's Experience in the Composers' Forum," in
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Beal, Amy. "'Her Whimsy and Originality Really Amount to Genius': New Biographical Research on Johanna Beyer,"
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http://cral.ehess.fr/docannexe/file/1077/marguerite_boland_le_langage_musical_de_johanna_beyer.pdf
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The large clusters in these works often require the pianist to play the keys with their forearms.
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Lumsden, Rachel. "'The Pulse of Life Today': Borrowing in Johanna Beyer's String Quartet No. 2,"
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music of the 1960s, most notably the fourth movement of her first String Quartet. She included
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Hinkle-Turner, Elizabeth. "Lady Ada's Offspring: Some Women Pioneers in Music Technology," in
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Ruth Crawford Seeger's Worlds: Innovation and Tradition in Twentieth-century American Music
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de Graaf, Melissa. "Intersections of Gender and Modernism in the Music of Johanna Beyer,"
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John Kennedy and Larry Polansky, "'Total Eclipse': The Music of Johanna Magdalena Beyer,"
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Melissa de Graaf, "Intersections of Gender and Modernism in the Music of Johanna Beyer,"
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Three Pieces for Choir: The Main Deep; The Composers Forum Laboratory; The People, Yes!,
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expressive possibilities of percussion." Other percussion pieces from the 1930s include
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Boland, Marguerite. "Le langage musical de Johanna Beyer." Proceedings from Le Colloque
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http://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/~larry/beyerjpegs/beyer_tempo_melodies_boland_polansky.pdf
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Three Songs for Soprano and Clarinet, Merlyn Quaife, soprano, Craig Hill, clarinet, on
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work and Ladies Home Aid. In the late 1920s or early thirties she began studying with
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Restless, Endless, Tactless: Johanna Beyer and the Birth of American Percussion Music
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Movement for Double Bass and Piano, Nicholas Synot, double bass, Kim Bastin, piano
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Boland, Marguerite. "Experimentation and Process in the Music of Johanna Beyer."
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Some of her scores are available in recopied, annotated editions through the
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Movement for Two Pianos, Peter Dumsday, piano 1, Kim Bastin, piano 2, on
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Tempo Melodies in the Johanna Beyer Clarinet Suites (Fourth Movements)
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New Music for Electronic and Recorded Media: Women in Electronic Music
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Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield: University of Illinois Press, 2015.
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Reese, Kirsten. "Ruhelos: Annäherung an Johanna Magdalena Beyer,"
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https://mugi.hfmt-hamburg.de/upload/Johanna_Beyer/BeyerBoland.pdf
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Johanna Magdalena Beyer scores (the composer's manuscripts)
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Women Composers and Music Technology in the United States
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Quoted in Polansky and Kennedy, "'Total Eclipse,'" 721.
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Clarinet Sonata II in B flat, Pat Okeefe, clarinet, on
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Frau Musica (nova): Komponieren heute/Composing today
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Deaths from motor neuron disease in New York (state)
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The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
739:, Merlyn Quaife, soprano, Craig Hill, clarinet, on 75: 56: 30: 23: 1136:Institute for Studies in American Music Newsletter 917:Institute for Studies in American Music Newsletter 215:, in 1936 and 1937. Her work was also part of the 818:Suite for Clarinet I, Daniel Goode, clarinet, on 1296:American contemporary classical music performers 832:Suite for Violin and Piano, Miwako Abe, violin, 825:Suite for Clarinet Ib, Craig Hill, clarinet, on 579:(Total Eclipse; Universal-Local; To Be) (1934) 164:, and others in this modernist circle such as 1080:Polansky and Kennedy, "'Total Eclipse,'" 726. 1076: 1074: 1072: 565:Three Songs for Piano, Percussion and Soprano 8: 516:Winter Ade and five other folk song settings 790:(1938), The Electronic Weasel Ensemble, on 585:(soprano and flute) (3 versions) (1936–37) 273:. Many of Beyer's works are exemplary of 187:, was perceived as a "doleful dull duet." 122:Deutscher Konservatorien and Musikseminare 20: 1217:International Music Score Library Project 1127:Boland, Marguerite, and Larry Polansky. " 548:(no date), includes the well-known "Bees" 797:Sonatina in C, Peter Dumsday, piano, on 1376:Olympic competitors in art competitions 1140:http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/isam/ 921:http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/isam/ 892: 292:. Several of her works anticipate the 98:. Among her best known compositions is 1200:Musiktexte: Zeitschrift fur Neue Musik 879:no. 3, (Non Sequitur Recordings, 1991) 304:a suite for solo piano, and the duet, 1361:20th-century American women musicians 1321:German emigrants to the United States 477:Movement for String Quartet ("Dance") 128:concert program), she studied at the 7: 1311:Musicians from the Kingdom of Saxony 898: 896: 577:Three Songs for Soprano and Clarinet 1381:20th-century German women composers 875:, performed by Essential Music, on 869:, (New World Records 80678-2, 2008) 862:, (New World Records 80678-2, 2008) 829:, (New World Records 80678-2, 2008) 822:, (New World Records 80678-2, 2008) 815:, (New World Records 80678-2, 2008) 808:, (New World Records 80678-2, 2008) 801:, (New World Records 80678-2, 2008) 784:, (New World Records 80678-2, 2008) 774:, (New World Records 80678-2, 2008) 753:, (New World Records 80678-2, 2008) 743:, (New World Records 80678-2, 2008) 546:Piano-Book, Classic-Romantic-Modern 350:March for 30 Percussion Instruments 1286:American women classical composers 957:"Women in Electronic Music – 1977" 417:Movement for Double Bass and Piano 14: 411:Suite for Bass Clarinet and Piano 1271:20th-century classical composers 1104:38/1 (Fall 2008), 1, 4-5, 12-13. 919:33/2 (Spring 2004): 8–9, 15 < 858:, John McCaughey, conductor, on 851:(New World Records 80-641, 2006) 770:, John McCaughey, conductor, on 1366:20th-century American composers 1186:Johanna Beyer - Sticky Melodies 651:The Composers' Forum Laboratory 510:Clusters (or, New York Waltzes) 336:Percussion Suite in 3 Movements 243:Frog Peak/Johanna Beyer Project 1346:Pupils of Ruth Crawford Seeger 664:Fragment for Chamber Orchestra 540:Prelude and Fugue (in C Major) 399:Suite for Clarinet and Bassoon 362:Three Movements for Percussion 209:Central Manhattan Music Center 173:New School for Social Research 158:New School for Social Research 1: 1356:20th-century German composers 1326:Mannes School of Music alumni 760:(Zeitgeist, Innova 589, 2003) 573:(soprano and clarinet) (1934) 441:Six Pieces for Oboe and Piano 405:Sonata for Clarinet and Piano 232:amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 193:New Music Quarterly Recording 1291:American classical composers 1213:Free scores by Johanna Beyer 1138:33/2 (Spring 2004), 8–9, 15 488:"Music of the Spheres" from 134:Greenwich House Music School 1119:Des Ponts vers L'Amérique I 749:, Peter Dumsday, piano, on 156:'s percussion class at the 1397: 1276:German classical composers 1202:, nos. 81–82 (1999): 6–15. 1177:35/3 (Fall 2017), 303–342. 1166:Hinkle-Turner, Elizabeth. 1149:26/3 (Fall 2008), 277–308. 1045:Kennedy and Polansky, 725. 981:Kennedy and Polansky, 723. 937:35/3 (Fall 2017), 303–342. 604:(chamber orchestra) (1937) 435:Suite for Oboe and Bassoon 429:Suite for Violin and Piano 183:of California concerts in 112:Johanna Beyer was born in 101:IV for Percussion Ensemble 1351:Women in electronic music 764:The Federal Music Project 633:The Federal Music Project 213:New York Composers' Forum 1371:Sub Rosa Records artists 1341:Pupils of Charles Seeger 794:(CRI CD 728, 1977, 1997) 737:Ballad of the Star-Eater 676:Dance for Full Orchestra 571:Ballad of the Star-Eater 306:Movement for Two Pianos. 1250:Northwestern University 1026:http://www.frogpeak.org 906:80/4 (Winter 1996),720. 598:(14 instruments) (1935) 423:Movement for Two Pianos 236:New York City, New York 130:Mannes College of Music 120:and graduated from the 88:Johanna Magdalena Beyer 68:New York City, New York 35:Johanna Magdalena Beyer 1336:Pupils of Henry Cowell 1316:Musicians from Leipzig 955:Amirkhanian, Charles. 723:Dissonant Counterpoint 616:(wind ensemble) (1938) 522:Dissonant Counterpoint 453:Movement for Woodwinds 275:dissonant counterpoint 118:Leipziger Singakademie 1193:The Musical Quarterly 1102:American Music Review 1054:Hinkle-Turner (2000). 834:Michael Kieran Harvey 758:If Tigers Were Clouds 704:Symphonic Movement II 627:The Robin in the Rain 610:(concert band) (1938) 590:Large Mixed Ensembles 447:Quintet for Woodwinds 393:Suite for Clarinet Ib 205:Federal Music Project 1195:80/4 (1996), 719–78. 1188:. 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Leipzig
New York City, New York
20th-century music
composer
pianist
IV for Percussion Ensemble
Leipzig
Leipziger Singakademie
Deutscher Konservatorien and Musikseminare
Composers' Forum
Mannes College of Music
Greenwich House Music School
WPA
Ruth Crawford
Charles Seeger
Dane Rudhyar
Henry Cowell
New School for Social Research
John Cage
Jessie Baetz
New School for Social Research
Henry Cowell
New Music Society
San Francisco
Aaron Copland
New Music Quarterly Recording
John Cage
Federal Music Project
Central Manhattan Music Center
New York Composers' Forum

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