Earle Brown (December 26, 1926 – July 2, 2002) was an American composer who established his own formal and notational systems. Brown was the creator of open form, a style of musical construction that has influenced many composers since—notably the downtown New York scene of the 1980s (see John Zorn) and generations of younger composers.
Among his most famous works are December 1952 with its use of a 'radical' (entirely graphic) score, the open form pieces Available Forms I & II, Centering, and Cross Sections and Color Fields.
Read more about Earle Brown: Life, Open Form, Notation, December 1952 and FOLIO, Other Activities, Works, Selected Discography, Wergo Re-Releases On CD
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)