Dean Rosenthal is an American composer of instrumental and electronic music, sound installations, and field recordings. His pieces have included field recordings, text scores, digital pastiche, and instrumental works focussed on natural observations of properties in mathematics such as perfect tilings, combinations, graph theory, and permutations. He has conducted and performed internationally since 1996. He is the composer of the ongoing international community

experimental music Experimental music is a general label for any music or music genre that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions. Experimental compositional practice is defined broadly by exploratory sensibilities radically opposed to, and questioning of, ...

work ''Stones/Water/Time/Breath'' that is celebrated annually by

Fête de la Musique The Fête de la Musique, also known in English as Music Day, Make Music Day or World Music Day, is an annual music celebration that takes place on 21 June. On Music Day, citizens and residents are urged to play music outside in their neighborho ...

in multiple cities across North America and Europe. He also serves as co-editor of The Open Space Web Magazine and is a contributing editor to The Open Space Magazine. He has worked closely with Guggenheim Fellow David Parker's dance company The Bang Group on several works, including their collaboration ''Turing Tests''. Most recently, he was commissioned by the

Oral History of American Music Oral History of American Music (OHAM), founded in 1969, is an oral history project and archive of audio and video recordings consisting mainly of interviews with American classical and jazz musicians. It is a special collection of the Irving S. G ...

Yale Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wor ...

to compose a new work on the life of

Vivian Perlis Vivian Perlis (April 26, 1928 – July 4, 2019) was an American musicologist and the founder and former director of Yale University's Oral History of American Music. Personal life Vivian Perlis was born in Brooklyn, New York. After growing u ...

. This piece, ''There Was Only One of Her (Vivian Perlis)'', was placed in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound at the

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, is located in Manhattan, New York City, at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on the Upper West Side, between the Metro ...

. His music is associated with American composers Tom Johnson,

John Cage John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading fi ...

, and

Wandelweiser The Wandelweiser Group is a collective for composers and performers of contemporary classical music. Inspired by the work of John Cage, the Wandelweiser Group writes experimental music, which is typically of a very quiet nature and often incorpora ...

and he has been commissioned to write or arrange his music by the

collection at Yale, Barbara Galli,

Morton Subotnick Morton Subotnick (born April 14, 1933) is an American composer of electronic music, best known for his 1967 composition '' Silver Apples of the Moon'', the first electronic work commissioned by a record company, Nonesuch. He was one of the foun ...

, the Flexible Orchestra, the Washington Square Winds, and others. In late 2019, Edition

Records released his first full length recording ''Stones/Water/Time/Breath''. This recording was acquired by the

BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It replaced the BBC Third Programme in 1967 and broadcasts classical music and opera, with jazz, world music, Radio drama, drama, High culture, culture and the arts ...

for their music archives in 2020. Dean Rosenthal conducted, produced, and released a live concert of the music ''The Great Learning'' by

Cornelius Cardew Cornelius Cardew (7 May 193613 December 1981) was an English experimental music composer, and founder (with Howard Skempton and Michael Parsons) of the Scratch Orchestra, an experimental performing ensemble. He later rejected experimental music, ...

with the Montréal Scratch Orchestra ensemble to critical acclaim in 2021. ''Underpinnings,'' was released as part of a compilation of

postminimalism Postminimalism is an art term coined (as post-minimalism) by Robert Pincus-Witten in 1971Chilvers, Ian and Glaves-Smith, John, ''A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art'', second edition (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2009), p. ...

in 2007 and he has contributed to recording projects on the

Another Timbre Another Timbre is a record label, based in Sheffield and known for its releases of free improvisation, experimental and contemporary classical music. It was founded by television sound recordist Simon Reynell, who also engineers and produces most ...

and Motor Image labels of the music of Joseph Kudirka and

composer Manfred Werder. ''Our Gazes,'' a round for 2 voices that sets the poetry of American poet Henry Lyman is published in Rounds Unbound by

Frog Peak Music Frog Peak Music is a composer's collective that produces and distributes experimental works, and functions as a home for its artists. It was co-founded in 1984 by Jody Diamond and Larry Polansky. "Frog Peak Music is dedicated to exploring innovati ...

. His music is performed, broadcast, and choreographed internationally in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, including performances of his music at

Incubator Arts Project The Incubator Arts Project was an Off-Off-Broadway theater located above St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City. History Ontological Theater (1992-2005) In 1992, Richard Foreman founded the Ontological ...

, Spectrum,

Brooklyn Museum The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At , the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 1.5 million objects. Located near the Prospect Heights, Crown H ...

Symphony Space Symphony Space, founded by Isaiah Sheffer and Allan Miller, is a multi-disciplinary performing arts organization at 2537 Broadway on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Performances take place in the 760-seat Peter Jay Sharp Theatre (also called Pe ...

and other prominent venues in New York City, Ohrenhoch der Geräuschladen and O Tannenbaum in Berlin, Elastic Arts Foundation in Chicago, the Taipei Contemporary Art Center in Taiwan, and dozens of other venues and sites nationally and internationally, reaching 23 countries. He lives on

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List of works

*''There Was Only One of Her (Vivian Perlis)'' fixed media (2020) *''The Orderly Organ'' for organ (2018) *''Orderly Movements'' for oboe trio (2017) *''Ostinato Obbligato'' for piano (2017) *''The Name of the Street You Live On'' for piano (2016) *''Island'' (2015) electrocoustic *''Path (for Flexible Orchestra)'' for chamber orchestra (2015) *''Path'' for oboe or clarinet (2014) *''Stones/Water/Time/Breath'' (2012) *''Duplets'' for voice (2012) *''I Think So, Too'' for wind quintet (2009/2012) *''Unconfirmed Report'' (2011) *''Perfect for ...'' for violin (2011) *''Menemsha Village'' field recording/electronic (2010) *''Lullaby'' for piano (2010) *''Life Is What Happens'', digital pastiche (2010) *''One for Karin'' for piano *''Our Gazes'' for two voices with text by Henry Lyman (2009) *'' Ariel'' for string quartet or choir

Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath (; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, ''The ...

(2003, 2009) *''This Is My Message to the World'' for guitar and voice with text by

Emily Dickinson Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massach ...

(2003) *''In Just Spring…'' for two violin and voice with text by

E. E. Cummings Edward Estlin Cummings, who was also known as E. E. Cummings, e. e. cummings and e e cummings (October 14, 1894 - September 3, 1962), was an American poet, painter, essayist, author and playwright. He wrote approximately 2,900 poems, two autobi ...

(2003) *''Songs from the Japanese'' for soprano and violin (1999–2000) *''Embodied Naked'' for soprano or tenor, piano, violin and cello einem with text by

Elliot Wolfson Elliot R. Wolfson (born November 23, 1956) is a scholar of Jewish studies. Wolfson earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in philosophy at Queens College of the City University of New York, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Near Eastern and Judaic studies ...

(1998) *''Underpinnings'' for chamber orchestra based on a painting by

Jasper Johns Jasper Johns (born May 15, 1930) is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker whose work is associated with abstract expressionism, Neo-Dada, and pop art. He is well known for his depictions of the American flag and other US-related top ...

(1998) *''Your Fine Promises'' for soprano and piano with text by

Fujiwara no Mototoshi Fujiwara no Mototoshi (, 1060–1142) was a ''waka'' poet and Japanese nobleman active in the Heian period. One of his poems is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. He served as Udaijin in the Heian administration. Mototoshi was the compiler of t ...

translated by

Kenneth Rexroth Kenneth Charles Marion Rexroth (1905–1982) was an American poet, translator, and critical essayist. He is regarded as a central figure in the San Francisco Renaissance, and paved the groundwork for the movement. Although he did not consider h ...

(1997) *''Portraits'' digital pastiche (1997) *''Ear Trainer'' electroacoustic (1996)

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Vox Novus Vox Novus is a New York City-based organization consisting of composers, musicians, and music enthusiasts which presents and supports new music. Vox Novus was founded by Robert Voisey to promote contemporary composers in 2000. This organization ...

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