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Composer of Classical
A.k.a. Benjamin Burwell Johnston, Junior
Benjamin Burwell Johnston, Jr. (born March 15, 1926 in Macon, Georgia) is a composer of contemporary music in just intonation: "one of the foremost composers of microtonal music" (). He was called, "one of the best non-famous composers this country has to offer," in 1990 by American critic John Rockwell (, 54).
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String Quartets Nos. 6, 7, & 8 | Ben Johnston, Kepler Quartet | 2016 | Album |
Ruminations - Settings of Rumi and Billie Holiday | Ben Johnston | 2014 | Album |
String Quartets Nos. 1, 5, & 10 | Ben Johnston, Kepler Quartet | 2011 | Album |
Uncommon Voices: Chamber Music By Levy, Yannay, Johnston, & Martirano | Burt Levy, Yehuda Yannay, Ben Johnston, Salvatore Martirano | 2007 | Album |
String Quartets Nos. 2, 3, 4, & 9 | Ben Johnston, Kepler Quartet | 2006 | Album |
Microtonal Piano | Ben Johnston / Philip Bush | 1997 | Album |
Ben Johnston | Ben Johnston | 1993 | Album |
Ponder Nothing | Ben Johnston, Music Amici | 1993 | Album |
Visions And Spels / Sonnets Of Desolation | Ben Johnston | 1984 | Album |
Wild Angels Of The Open Hills / String Quartet No. 6 | Joseph Schwantner / Ben Johnston | 1983 | Album |
String Quartet No.2, String Quarter No.4, String Quartet (1931) | The Fine Arts Quartet, John Downey, Ben Johnston, Ruth Crawford Seeger | 1980 | Album |
Music From The University Of Illinois | Thomas Fredrickson / Ben Johnston / Edwin London / Paul Zonn | 1979 | Album |
Sound Forms For Piano | Henry Cowell / John Cage / Ben Johnston / Conlon Nancarrow - Robert Miller | 1976 | Album |
HPSCHD / String Quartet No. 2 | John Cage & Lejaren Hiller / Ben Johnston | 1971 | Album |
The Contemporary Contrabass | Bertram Turetzky - John Cage, Pauline Oliveros, Ben Johnston | 1970 | Album |
Kenneth Gaburo Conducts New Music Choral Ensemble In Works Of Ives, Nono, Shallenberg, Webern, Johnston, Oliveros, Messiaen | Kenneth Gaburo Conducts New Music Choral Ensemble In Works Of Charles Ives, Luigi Nono, Robert Shallenberg, Anton Webern, Ben Johnston, Pauline Oliveros, Olivier Messiaen | 1969 | Album |
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