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Larry Polansky (October 16, 1954 – May 9, 2024) was an American composer,
Larry Polansky (October 16, 1954 – May 9, 2024) was an American composer, guitarist
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, mandolin
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ist, and academic.
Biography
The brother of the writer Steven Polansky, Polansky read mathematics and music at theUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California, United States. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of C ...
(UCSC), graduating in 1977. He served on the faculty of Dartmouth College
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and held the title of Emeritus Strauss Professor of Music upon his retirement from Dartmouth. He subsequently returned to UCSC and served on the UCSC music faculty from 2013 to 2019. He was a founding member and co-director of Frog Peak Music (a composers' collective). He co-wrote HMSL (Hierarchical Music Specification Language) with Phil Burk and David Rosenboom.
There are several recordings of his work, including ''Four-Voice Canons'' (an album of mensuration canons). He served as co-producer of ''Asmat Dream: New Music Indonesia, Vol. I''.
Polansky was previously married to ethnomusicologist and performer Jody Diamond. Music historian and musician Amy C. Beal was his long time partner and frequent musical collaborator.
Polansky died on May 9, 2024, at the age of 69.
Discography
Source: * ''freeHorn'' (2017, Cold Blue Music) * ''Three Pieces for Two Pianos'' (2016,New World Records
New World Records is a record label that was established in 1975 through a Rockefeller Foundation grant to celebrate America's bicentennial (1976) by producing a 100-LP anthology, with American music from many genres.Christian Wolff)
* ''Four Voice Canons'' (2002, Cold Blue Recordings)
* ''Change'' (2002, Artifact Recordings)
* ''Lonesome Road'' (2001, New World Records, featuring Martin Christ, piano)
* ''Simple Harmonic Motion'' (1994, Artifact Recordings)
"The Theory of Impossible Melody"
Liner notes essay.
Further reading
*Dunn, Davi"The Theory of Impossible Melody"
Liner notes essay.
New World Records
New World Records is a record label that was established in 1975 through a Rockefeller Foundation grant to celebrate America's bicentennial (1976) by producing a 100-LP anthology, with American music from many genres."Nature is the Best Dictator"
Liner notes essay.
Liner notes essay.
New World Records
New World Records is a record label that was established in 1975 through a Rockefeller Foundation grant to celebrate America's bicentennial (1976) by producing a 100-LP anthology, with American music from many genres.Larry Polansky's Dartmouth Page
Larry Polansky at Arcane Candy
Larry Polansky Papers at New York University Fales Library & Special Collections
Dartmouth College biography of Larry Polansky
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Larry Polansky at Arcane Candy
Larry Polansky Papers at New York University Fales Library & Special Collections
Dartmouth College biography of Larry Polansky
1954 births 2024 deaths 20th-century American classical composers 21st-century American classical composers American male classical composers Dartmouth College faculty Pupils of James Tenney 20th-century American guitarists 21st-century American guitarists Experimental Music Studios alumni American male guitarists 20th-century American male musicians 21st-century American male musicians {{US-guitarist-stub