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Joan La Barbara (08 Jun 1947 - )

Female Person - United States

Releases (5)

Official

Album

  1. Tapesongs 1977
  2. Reluctant Gypsy 1980
  3. Shamansong 1998

Album - Compilation

  1. Voice Is the Original Instrument 2003

Relationships (2)

Member Of

  1. Ne(x)tworks

Married

  1. Morton Subotnick

Recordings by (44)

  1. Cathing 8:02 (1977)
  2. Solo for Voice 45 (From Songbooks) 13:30 (1977)
  3. Q-uatre Petites Betes 1:50 (1979)
  4. Shadow Song 5:03 (1980)
  5. Autumn Signal 13:16 (1980)
  6. Quatre Petites Bêtes 7:21 (1980)
  7. Klee Alee 16:00 (1980)
  8. Three Voices: Opening 2:25 (1989)
  9. Three Voices: Legato 11:47 (1989)
  10. Three Voices: Slow Waltz 5:07 (1989)
  11. Three Voices: First Words 12:13 (1989)
  12. Three Voices: Whisper 2:28 (1989)
  13. Three Voices: Chords 2:16 (1989)
  14. Three Voices: A Non Accented Legato 1:15 (1989)
  15. Three Voices: Snow Falls 2:23 (1989)
  16. Three Voices: Slow Waltz and Ending 6:20 (1989)
  17. Mirakus² 9:05 (1990)
  18. Eight Whiskus 4:17 (1990)
  19. Solo for Voice 49 1:19 (1990)
  20. Solo for Voice 52 3:58 (1990)
  21. Solo for Voice 67 2:20 (1990)
  22. Music for Two (By One) 5:03 (1990)
  23. Urban Tropics 14:03 (1990)
  24. ShadowSong 4:59 (1990)
  25. Time(d) Trials And Unscheduled Events 12:15 (1990)
  26. Erin 6:46 (1990)
  27. Berliner Träume 16:20 (1990)
  28. Four Walls: Act I: Scene VII 2:26 (1991)
  29. They Wash Their Ambassasors in Citrus and Fennel 12:47 (Sep 1995)
  30. Only 1:28 (1996)
  31. Shamansong 25:26 (1998)
  32. ROTHKO 24:35 (1998)
  33. Calligraphy II/Shadows 19:58 (1998)
  34. Sound Painting Cologne 2:17 (1999)
  35. October Music: Star Showers and Extraterrestrials 14:19 (2003)
  36. Voice Piece: One-Note Internal Resonance Investigation 15:23 (2003)
  37. Hear What I Feel 8:29 (2003)
  38. Circular Song 7:31 (2003)
  39. Des Accords Pour Teeny 13:45 (2003)
  40. Les Oiseaux Qui Chantent Dans Ma Tête 19:21 (2003)
  41. Vocal Extensions 16:41 (2003)
  42. Twelvesong (Zwölfgesang) 12:19 (2003)
  43. December 1952 4:30 (21 Nov 2006)
  44. Solo for Voice 45 (from Songbooks) (1977) ?:?? (28 Jan 2016)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Thunder 22:59 Joan La Barbara, Bruce Ditmas, Warren Smith (1977) electronic instruments
  2. Solo for Voice 52 3:58 Joan La Barbara (1990) percussion

Vocals

  1. Are Years What? (For Marianne Moore) 4:03 Philip Glass (1977) lead vocals
  2. Lady Day 4:00 Philip Glass (1977) lead vocals
  3. Cathing 8:02 Joan La Barbara (1977)
  4. Mon père, mon père 3:56 Philip Glass (1977) lead vocals
  5. Ange des orages 3:43 Philip Glass (1977) lead vocals
  6. Victor’s Lament 3:38 Philip Glass (1977) lead vocals
  7. Étoile polaire (North Star) 2:40 Philip Glass (1977) lead vocals
  8. Ik‐Ook 4:13 Philip Glass (1977) lead vocals
  9. Montage 2:27 Philip Glass (1977) lead vocals
  10. River Run 1:54 Philip Glass (1977) lead vocals
  11. Ave 4:45 Philip Glass (1977) lead vocals
  12. Thunder 22:59 Joan La Barbara, Bruce Ditmas, Warren Smith (1977)
  13. Solo for Voice 45 (From Songbooks) 13:30 Joan La Barbara (1977)
  14. Quatre Petites Bêtes 7:21 Joan La Barbara (1980)
  15. Autumn Signal 13:16 Joan La Barbara (1980)
  16. Three Voices: Chords 2:16 Joan La Barbara (1989) soprano vocals
  17. The Waves 12:44 Charles Dodge (1989)
  18. Three Voices: Legato 11:47 Joan La Barbara (1989) soprano vocals
  19. Three Voices: Slow Waltz and Ending 6:20 Joan La Barbara (1989) soprano vocals
  20. Three Voices: Snow Falls 2:23 Joan La Barbara (1989) soprano vocals
  21. Three Voices: Opening 2:25 Joan La Barbara (1989) soprano vocals
  22. Three Voices: Whisper 2:28 Joan La Barbara (1989) soprano vocals
  23. Three Voices: Slow Waltz 5:07 Joan La Barbara (1989) soprano vocals
  24. Three Voices: A Non Accented Legato 1:15 Joan La Barbara (1989) soprano vocals
  25. Three Voices: First Words 12:13 Joan La Barbara (1989) soprano vocals
  26. A Flower 3:31 Joan La Barbara, William Winant (1990)
  27. Sonnekus² 17:08 Joan La Barbara, Leonard Stein (1990)
  28. Silent Scroll ?:?? Newband (1990)
  29. Nowth Upon Nacht 1:08 Joan La Barbara, William Winant (1990)
  30. Forever and Sunsmell 5:09 Joan La Barbara, Scott Evans, William Winant (1990)
  31. Solo for Voice 49 1:19 Joan La Barbara (1990)
  32. Solo for Voice 67 2:20 Joan La Barbara (1990)
  33. Solo for Voice 52 3:58 Joan La Barbara (1990)
  34. Eight Whiskus 4:17 Joan La Barbara (1990)
  35. Mirakus² 9:05 Joan La Barbara (1990)
  36. The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs 2:41 Joan La Barbara, William Winant (1990)
  37. Music for Two (By One) 5:03 Joan La Barbara (1990)
  38. Four Walls: Act I: Scene VII 2:26 Joan La Barbara (1991) soprano vocals
  39. They Wash Their Ambassasors in Citrus and Fennel 12:47 Joan La Barbara (Sep 1995)
  40. Only 1:28 Joan La Barbara (1996) soprano vocals
  41. Voice, Violin and Piano 5:11 Joan La Barbara, Roy Malan, Marvin Tartak (1996) soprano vocals
  42. Pianos and Voices 17:35 Joan La Barbara, Ralph Grierson (1996) soprano vocals
  43. Vertical Thoughts 5 5:19 Joan La Barbara, Peter Wahrhaftig, William Winant, Marvin Tartak, Roy Malan (1996) soprano vocals
  44. For Franz Kline 11:41 Joan La Barbara, Lawrence Ragent, William Winant, Marvin Tartak, Roy Malan, Stephen Harrison (1996) soprano vocals

Produced

  1. Why Patterns? 29:29 The California E.A.R. Unit (1991)

Recording Engineer For

  1. Quatre Petites Bêtes 7:21 Joan La Barbara (1980)
  2. Autumn Signal 13:16 Joan La Barbara (1980)

Mixed

  1. Autumn Signal 13:16 Joan La Barbara (1980)

Credited as (19)

  1. Joan La Barbara
  2. Joan La Barbara, Roy Malan, Marvin Tartak
  3. Joan La Barbara, Ralph Grierson
  4. Joan La Barbara, Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick
  5. Joan La Barbara, Lawrence Ragent, William Winant, Marvin Tartak, Roy Malan, Stephen Harrison
  6. Joan La Barbara, Peter Wahrhaftig, William Winant, Marvin Tartak, Roy Malan
  7. Morton Feldman; Joan La Barbara
  8. Joan La Barbara, Erika Duke, Dane Little
  9. John Cage; Margaret Leng Tan, Joan La Barbara
  10. John Cage; Joan La Barbara, Leonard Stein, William Winant
  11. Joan La Barbara, William Winant
  12. Joan La Barbara, Leonard Stein
  13. Joan La Barbara, Scott Evans, William Winant
  14. Joan La Barbara, Brian McWhorter, Taimur Sullivan
  15. Joan La Barbara, Kenji Bunch, Yves Dharamraj, Cornelius Dufallo, Stephen Gosling, Ariana Kim, Chris McIntyre, Brian McWhorter, Taimur Sullivan, Aaron Trant
  16. Sam Ashley, Thomas Buckner, Jacqueline Humbert, Joan La Barbara
  17. Partch, Cage, LaBarbara, Drummond; New♭an𝅘𝅥𝅮
  18. Joan La Barbara, Jon Gibson, Philip Glass, Dickie Landry, Richard Peck, Michael Riesman
  19. Joan La Barbara, Bruce Ditmas, Warren Smith

Works (21)

Wrote

  1. The Astronaut

Revised

  1. Shamansong (1998)

Composed

  1. ROTHKO (1986)
  2. Shamansong (1991)
  3. Shamansong (1991)
  4. Calligraphy II/Shadows (1995)
  5. Silent Scroll
  6. Thunder
  7. Heptapod B
  8. Voice Piece: One-Note Internal Resonance Investigation
  9. Hear What I Feel
  10. Circular Song
  11. Des Accords pour Teeny
  12. Les Oiseaux qui chantent dans ma tête
  13. Vocal Extensions
  14. Twelvesong (Zwölfgesang)
  15. "q-/-uatre petites bêtes"
  16. Cathing
  17. Autumn Signal
  18. October Music: Star Showers and Extraterrestrials

Dedicated Works

  1. Eight Whiskus

Links (14)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.joanlabarbara.com/

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85369380
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85369380
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14015035s
  4. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/joan_la_barbara
  5. https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=502391
  6. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6v999xx
  7. https://d-nb.info/gnd/129420336

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/342154

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_La_Barbara

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/338608

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0002167745

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/117243740

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457802