Gérard Pape

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Gérard Pape was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1955. He graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from Columbia University in 1976, while simultaneously beginning private composition lessons with David Winkler. Pape studied electronic music with George Wilson in the analog and digital studios of the University of Michigan. Pape has composed more than 50 works for orchestra, chamber music, and electronic works for instruments, voice and/or tape. Among his most important compositions is the work Feu Toujours Vivant for large orchestra and 4 sampler keyboards, commissioned by the electronic ensemble Art Zoyd and the National Orchestra of Lille, conducted by Jean-Claude Casadesus. Pape has written numerous psychoanalytic articles. A book of his literary works, including short stories, plays and poetry, was published in the USA in 1984. More recently, he has published articles on musical complexity, and on the music of Luigi Nono (published in Contemporary Music Review). He has written and lectured extensively on the subject of "Composing in the Continuum" and is currently editing a book on this subject called "Le Continuum" due out fall 2002 in Paris. He has recently published an article "Iannis Xenakis and the Real of Musical Composition" in the Computer Music Journal. His discography consists of a monographic disc released in 1992 by Mode, including works played by the Arditti Quartet, the Prism Orchestra of New York, and William Albright. In September 1998, Mode released a second

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Gérard Pape: String Quartets

Pape: Ascension au Purgatoire

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Janet Pape-Cecile Daroux

Electroacoustic Chamber Music

Music Of Gerard Pape

Roland Auzet: Percussions(S)

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Pape: Lux fugit

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CCMIX: New Electroacoustic Music From Paris

Gerard Pape: Héliophonie

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Flutes Bag 1

Ascension to Purgatory

Gerard Pape: Lux fugit

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