Tom Johnson (born November 18, 1939) is an American minimalist composer .
22-723: (Redirected from Tommy Johnson ) Thomas Johnson , Tom Johnson or Tommy Johnson may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] 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
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66-508: A light touch of absurdity, as the music presents itself as if giving a course in music. The visual also plays an important role in Nine Bells (1979), a piece written for nine bells suspended in a three by three square, with one bell in the center. The player moves around this square, hitting bells along the way, following paths that are quite varied but always systematic. In Galileo (1999-2005), bells swing like pendulums in tempos determined by
88-699: A narrator, who explains pedagogically how the music is made, as is the case in Eggs and Baskets (1987) and Narayana’s Cows (1989). From 1988 to 1992, Johnson worked on the Bonhoeffer Oratorio for two choruses, soloists and orchestra, using exclusively texts of the German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945). The association of text and music led Johnson to write numerous radio pieces, most often for René Farabet ( France Culture ) and for Klaus Schöning ( WDR ). Some humor often emerges in these pieces, due to
110-530: A theatrical atmosphere close to performance art . The librettos for his operas, which he almost always writes himself, describe what takes place in the music in an objective manner, somewhat reminiscent of Pirandello . For example, in The Four-Note Opera , the chorus proclaims “There are three choruses in this opera. This is the first one. The second one will be almost like this one, but somewhat shorter […]”. Words intervene in many of his works, generally via
132-538: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tom Johnson (composer) 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
154-1103: The Los Angeles Times and president of CNN Thomas S. Johnson (21st century), American banker Design [ edit ] Thomas Johnson (designer) (1714–1778), English furniture maker, woodcarver and author T.C. Johnson (Thomas Crosley Johnson, 1862–1934), American firearms designer Politics [ edit ] U.K. [ edit ] Thomas Johnson (died 1569) , MP for St Albans and Bossiney Thomas Johnson (Serjeant-at-Arms) (died 1592), MP for Leicester Thomas Johnson (died 1660) , MP for Great Yarmouth Thomas Johnson (Liverpool merchant) (1664–1728), English Member of Parliament Thomas Johnson (Irish politician) (1872–1963), Irish nationalist; leader of Irish Labour Party in Irish Parliament Tom Johnston (British politician) (1881–1965), Secretary of State for Scotland, MP for West Stirlingshire and Dundee U.S. [ edit ] Thomas Johnson (judge) (1732–1819), American jurist; one of
176-713: The Rational Melodies , he developed more complex techniques using mathematical notions. This began with the collection of Music for 88 (1988), where he applied ideas of Eratosthenes , Euler , Mersenne and Blaise Pascal . Later he collaborated with living mathematicians, particularly Jean-Paul Allouche, Emmanuel Amiot, Jeff Dinitz and Franck Jedrzejewski. With them he explored the notions of self-similar melodies ( Loops for orchestra , 1998), tiling patterns ( Tilework , 2003), and block designs ( Block Design for Piano , 2005), along with homometric pairs ( Intervals , 2013). Johnson also introduces text and visual images to produce
198-649: The 1930s and 1940s Tom Johnson (rugby union, born 1893) (1893–1948), Wales international rugby union player Tom Johnson (rugby union, born 1982) , rugby union player for Exeter Chiefs Other sports [ edit ] Thomas Johnson (cyclist) (Horace Thomas Johnson, 1886–1966), British cyclist in the 1908 Summer Olympics Tom Johnson (golfer) (born 1981), American member of the PGA tour Tom Johnson (ice hockey) (1928–2007), Canadian ice hockey defenceman Tom Johnson (lacrosse) (born 1985), Canadian lacrosse player Tom Johnson (runner) , American runner third at
220-840: The 1995 IAU 100 km World Championships Tom Johnson (swimming coach) (born 1963), American swim and diving coach Others [ edit ] Thomas Johnson (monk) (died 1537), English Carthusian monk Thomas Johnson (architect) (c. 1762–1814), British architect Thomas 15X Johnson (1935–2009), American convicted in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X Tom Johnson (astronomer) (1923–2012), American astronomer and electrical engineer, founder of Celestron Tom Johnson (lawyer) (born 1971), American attorney based in Portland, Oregon Tom Richard Johnson (1850–1935), railway engineer, commissioner in New South Wales Thomas Johnson (murderer) (1898–1939), convicted of
242-927: The American Civil War Thomas Johnson (Wisconsin politician) (1854–1933), Wisconsin State Assemblyman Tom L. Johnson (1854–1911), U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1891–1895; Mayor of Cleveland, 1901–1909 Thomas Francis Johnson (1909–1988), U.S. Representative from Maryland Thomas W. Johnson (active 1977–2006), American politician in Ohio Tom Johnson (Illinois politician) (1945–2018), Illinois State Senator Other political figures [ edit ] Thomas Johnson (Australian politician) (1819–1894), businessman and MHA in South Australia Thomas Alexander Johnson (1835–1914), businessman and member of
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#1732868606614264-605: 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 [ edit ] 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 (journalist) (born 1941), American media executive; publisher of
286-596: The Founding Fathers; Governor of Maryland; Supreme Court justice Thomas Johnson (Kansas politician) (1802–1865), American Methodist missionary in Kansas territorial legislature; namesake of Johnson County Thomas Johnson (Arkansas judge) (1808–1878), chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court Thomas Johnson (Kentucky politician) (1812–1906), Confederate congressman during the early part of
308-1305: The Green Bay Packers Tom Johnson (defensive tackle, born 1984) , American defensive tackle drafted by the Indianapolis Colts Pepper Johnson (born 1964), American football linebacker and coach Association football [ edit ] Thomas Johnson (South African footballer) (1942–2011), South African football player and manager Tom Johnson (footballer, born 1911) (1911–1983), English football defender for Sheffield United and Lincoln City Tom Johnson (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1999), English footballer, Inside Forward for Gateshead and Nottingham Forest Tom Johnson (footballer, born 1926) (1926–2018), English football left half or forward for Darlington and Bradford Park Avenue Tommy Johnson (footballer, born 1901) (1901–1973), English football forward for Manchester City and Everton Tommy Johnson (footballer, born 1971) , English football striker for Notts County, Derby County, Aston Villa and Celtic Baseball [ edit ] Thomas P. Johnson (1914–2000), American Major League Baseball team owner (Pittsburgh Pirates) Tom Johnson (baseball, born 1951) , American pitcher for
330-600: The Minnesota Twins Tom Johnson (baseball, born 1889) (1889–1926), American pitcher in the Negro leagues Tommy Johnson (baseball) , American pitcher in the Negro leagues Boxing [ edit ] Tom Johnson (bareknuckle boxer) (1750–1797), born Tom Jackling, English bare-knuckle boxer Tom Johnson (American boxer) (born 1964), American featherweight boxer Rugby [ edit ] Thomas Johnson (rugby league) , English rugby league footballer of
352-518: The Naval Postgraduate School's Program for Culture & Conflict Studies Sports [ edit ] American football [ edit ] Thomas Johnson (American football coach) (1917–2007), Negro league baseball player and American football coach Thomas Johnson (defensive tackle) (born 1981), American defensive tackle Tom Johnson (tackle, born 1931) (1931–1991), American football offensive/defensive tackle for Michigan and
374-839: The Queensland Legislative Council Thomas Herman Johnson (1870–1927), Canadian politician in Manitoba Scholars and academics [ edit ] H. Thomas Johnson (born 1938), American accounting historian Thomas Johnson (botanist) (c. 1600–1644), English apothecary and botanist Thomas Johnson (scholar) (died 1737), English cleric and academic Thomas Johnson (botany teacher) (1863–1954), English authority on plants; professor of Botany at University College Dublin Thomas Herbert Johnson (1902–1985), scholar of English literature Thomas Howard Johnson (21st century), director of
396-420: 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 Approach”, written for The Village Voice in 1972. His minimalism is of a formalist type, depending mostly on logical sequences, as in the 21 Rational Melodies (1982), where he explores procedures such as accumulation, counting, and isorhythm. After
418-920: The length of their strings, permitting the composer to make music following the laws of the pendulum, as formulated by Galileo Galilei in the 17th century. Since 2000 the work of Johnson has been less concerned with theatricality and turns more toward musical form and mathematics. From about 2004 to 2010 he worked with what he calls “rational harmonies” in pieces like 360 Chords for orchestra (2005) and Twelve (2008) for piano. Rhythm plays an important role in pieces such as Vermont Rhythms (2008), Munich Rhythms (2010), Tick-Tock Rhythms (2013), and Dutch Rhythms (2018). Johnson also wrote pieces for jugglers ( Three Notes for Three Jugglers , 2011; Dropping Balls , 2011), and several more ambitious projects ( Seven Septets , 2007–2017 ; Counting to Seven , 2013 ; Plucking , 2015). Thomas Johnson (Kentucky politician) Thomas Johnson (July 4, 1812 – April 7, 1906)
440-408: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Johnson&oldid=1221662569 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
462-482: 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,
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#1732868606614484-780: Was a prominent Kentucky politician. He was born in Montgomery County, Kentucky and represented the state in the Provisional Confederate Congress . Johnson served as an officer in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War . After the war he served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1876 to 1877 and in the Kentucky State Senate from 1878 to 1882. This article about
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