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Tom Johnson (runner)
Thomas Johnson, Tom Johnson or Tommy Johnson may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Tom Johnson (composer) (born 1939), American minimalist composer *Tommy Johnson (tubist) (1935–2006), American orchestral tuba player *Tommy Johnson (musician) (1896–1956), American blues guitarist *Thomas Johnson (music producer) (born 1957), American audio engineer, producer, and musician *Tom Johnson (sound engineer) (born 1958), American film sound mixer *Thomas Johnson (animator) (1907–1960), American film animator; most prominently worked for Fleischer Studios *Thomas Johnson, known as Tommy the Clown (active since 1992), American dancer *Tom Loftin Johnson (artist) (1900–1963), American painter and art teacher at West Point *Tommy Johnson (actor) (1931–2005), Swedish actor Business *Thomas Johnson (born in 1810s), namesake of John & Thomas Johnson, a soap and alkali manufacturing business *Thomas Fielding Johnson (1828–1921), British businessman and philanthropist *Tom Johnson (jou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Johnson (composer)
Tom Johnson (born November 18, 1939) is an American minimalist composer. Early life and career Tom Johnson was born in Greeley, Colorado, where he received a religious education at a Methodist church, which has influenced his work. He received two degrees from Yale, a B.A. (1961) and the M.Mus. (1967), after which he studied privately with Morton Feldman in New York. From 1971 to 1983 he was a music critic for The Village Voice, writing about new music, and an anthology of these articles was published in 1989 by Het Apollohuis under the title ''The Voice of New Music''. During this period he also composed four of his best known works: '' An Hour for Piano'' (1971), ''The Four-Note Opera'' (1972), ''Failing'' (1975) and ''Nine Bells'' (1979). After 15 years in New York, he moved to Paris where he lives with his wife, the artist Esther Ferrer. Johnson considers himself a minimalist composer, and was the first to apply this term to music in his article "The Slow-Motion Minimal A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |