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Morton Subotnick (14 Apr 1933 - )

Male Person - United States

Releases (18)

Official

Album

  1. Silver Apples of the Moon 1967
  2. The Wild Bull 1968
  3. Touch 1969
  4. Sidewinder 1971
  5. 4 Butterflies 1974
  6. A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur / After the Butterfly 1980
  7. Ascent Into Air / A Fluttering Of Wings 1984
  8. The Key to Songs / Return 1986
  9. Touch - Jacobs Room 1989
  10. All My Hummingbirds Have Alibis 1992
  11. And the Butterflies Begin to Sing 20 May 1997
  12. Volume 1: Electronic Works 2001
  13. The Wild Beasts. Landmark Recordings 29 May 2015

Album - Compilation

  1. Volume 2: Electronic Works: Sidewinder / Until Spring 06 Apr 2004

Other - Compilation

  1. Silver Apples of the Moon / The Wild Bull 1994

Bootleg

Album - Compilation

  1. AGP6 Morton Subotnik bootleg release of The Double Life of Amphibians

Relationships (9)

Students

  1. David V Britton
  2. Arthur Jarvinen composition
  3. Aaron Jay Kernis
  4. Ingram Marshall
  5. Darius Milhaud
  6. Carl Stone
  7. Dorothy Stone composition
  8. Stephen Mosko

Married

  1. Joan La Barbara

Recordings by (72)

  1. Silver Apples of the Moon, Part B 14:59 (1967)
  2. Silver Apples of the Moon, Part A 16:40 (1967)
  3. The Wild Bull, Part A 13:00 (1968)
  4. The Wild Bull, Part B 14:50 (1968)
  5. Touch, Part One 14:51 (1969)
  6. Touch, Part Two 15:37 (1969)
  7. Sidewinder, Part I ?:?? (1971)
  8. Sidewinder, Part II ?:?? (1971)
  9. Butterfly No. 1 7:47 (1974)
  10. Interlude 1:23 (1974)
  11. Butterfly No. 2 9:32 (1974)
  12. Butterfly No. 3 7:23 (1974)
  13. Butterfly No. 4 7:07 (1974)
  14. A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur 14:44 (1980)
  15. After the Butterfly 18:19 (1980)
  16. Axolotl 17:21 (1981)
  17. The Wild Beasts 26:51 (1981)
  18. Ascent Into Air (From The Double Life Of Amphibians) 24:07 (1984)
  19. A Fluttering Of Wings (From The Double Life Of Amphibians) 19:13 (1984)
  20. The Key to Songs (excerpt) 8:29 (1986)
  21. The Key to Songs 22:56 (1986)
  22. Return: A Triumph of Reason, Part I 18:51 (1986)
  23. Return: A Triumph of Reason, Part II 20:25 (1986)
  24. Touch - Part I 15:00 (1989)
  25. Touch - Part II 15:35 (1989)
  26. Jacobs Room - Part I 11:10 (1989)
  27. Jacobs Room - Part II 13:53 (1989)
  28. Data track 2:58 (1992)
  29. Scenes From An Imaginary Ballet: One 1:29 (1992)
  30. Scenes From An Imaginary Ballet: Two 1:31 (1992)
  31. Scenes From An Imaginary Ballet: Three 1:57 (1992)
  32. Scenes From An Imaginary Ballet: Four 3:44 (1992)
  33. Scenes From An Imaginary Ballet: Five 1:50 (1992)
  34. Morton Subotnick Interview; A Composer's Views 22:22 (1992)
  35. All My Hummingbirds Have Alibis 28:47 (1992)
  36. [unknown] 2:29 (Feb 1993)
  37. Part I: Crime or Miracle: Crime or Miracle 3:24 (20 May 1997)
  38. Part I: Crime or Miracle: The Volcanic Blacksmith Canons 2:28 (20 May 1997)
  39. Part I: Crime or Miracle: The Beautiful Gardener the Amernet String Quartet 4:56 (20 May 1997)
  40. Part II: Phantoms Dancing: Sometimes Naked the Amernet String Quartet 5:45 (20 May 1997)
  41. Part II: Phantoms Dancing: Sometimes Dressed in Thin Jets of Fire 3:51 (20 May 1997)
  42. Part II: Phantoms Dancing: They Cause the Geysers to Spurt With the Probability of the Vanity of the Dead 1:42 (20 May 1997)
  43. Part III: And the Butterflies Begin to Sing: And the Butterflies Begin to Sing 6:38 (20 May 1997)
  44. Part IV: Images Will Descend to the Ground: The Waves Are Bitter 0:39 (20 May 1997)
  45. Part IV: Images Will Descend to the Ground: Truth Will Remain Simple, and Gigantic Wheels Will Ride the Bitter Waves 1:13 (20 May 1997)
  46. Part IV: Images Will Descend to the Ground: And Images Will Descend to the Ground 1:52 (20 May 1997)
  47. All My Joys Have Alibis 18:20 (20 May 1997)
  48. Silver Apples of the Moon 12:18 (18 Jan 2000)
  49. Silver Apples of the Moon, Part 1 (edit) 4:22 (25 Apr 2000)
  50. A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur: Opening 11:15 (2001)
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On Recordings (6)

Performer

  1. Music Walk 10:13 Michael Callahan, John Chowning, Stuart Dempster, Warner Jepson, Douglas Leedy, Robert Mackler, Pauline Oliveros, Dwight Peltzer, Ann Riley, Loren Rush, Ramón Sender, Stanley Shaff, Linn Subotnick, Morton Subotnick, David Tudor, Ian Underwood, Jack van der Wyck (2014)

Instruments

  1. December 1952 1:51 Morton Subotnick (21 Nov 2006) electronic instruments
  2. Until Spring: Revisited 37:27 Morton Subotnick, Miguel Frasconi, SUE-C (06 Dec 2011) electronic instruments
  3. Concert for Piano and Orchestra 26:07 Stuart Dempster, Warner Jepson, Douglas Leedy, Robert Mackler, Pauline Oliveros, Loren Rush, Linn Subotnick, Morton Subotnick, David Tudor, Ian Underwood, Ramón Sender (2014) clarinet
  4. Atlas Eclipticalis with Winter Music (electronic version) 30:19 Michael Callahan, John Chowning, Stuart Dempster, Warner Jepson, Douglas Leedy, Robert Mackler, Pauline Oliveros, Dwight Peltzer, Ann Riley, Loren Rush, Stanley Shaff, Linn Subotnick, Morton Subotnick, David Tudor, Ian Underwood, Jack van der Wyck, Ramón Sender (2014) clarinet

Recording Engineer For

  1. December 1952 1:51 Morton Subotnick (21 Nov 2006)

Credited as (11)

  1. Morton Subotnick
  2. Morton Subotnick; Morton Subotnick, Miguel Frasconi, SUE-C
  3. Morton Subotnick, Miguel Frasconi, SUE-C
  4. Morton Subotnick / DJ Spooky
  5. Morton Subotnick; Stephen Mosko, CalArts Twentieth Century Players
  6. Michael Callahan, John Chowning, Stuart Dempster, Warner Jepson, Douglas Leedy, Robert Mackler, Pauline Oliveros, Dwight Peltzer, Ann Riley, Loren Rush, Ramón Sender, Stanley Shaff, Linn Subotnick, Morton Subotnick, David Tudor, Ian Underwood, Jack van der Wyck
  7. Michael Callahan, John Chowning, Stuart Dempster, Warner Jepson, Douglas Leedy, Robert Mackler, Pauline Oliveros, Dwight Peltzer, Ann Riley, Loren Rush, Stanley Shaff, Linn Subotnick, Morton Subotnick, David Tudor, Ian Underwood, Jack van der Wyck, Ramón Sender
  8. Stuart Dempster, Warner Jepson, Douglas Leedy, Robert Mackler, Pauline Oliveros, Loren Rush, Linn Subotnick, Morton Subotnick, David Tudor, Ian Underwood, Ramón Sender
  9. Morton Subotnick, Morton Feldman
  10. Lightning Bolt / Milford Graves / Madvilliain / Fleetwood Mac / Hecker / Steve Reich / Aphrodite’s Child / King Geedorah / Don Cherry / Brother Ah / The Left Banke / Mario Van Peebles / J Dilla / Trees / Morton Subotnick / Four Tet / Prefuse 73 / Ma$e feat. Blackstreet / Jim O’Rourke / Jimi Hendrix / Godspeed You Black Emperor / Nas

Works (25)

Wrote

  1. Silver Apples of the Moon

Composed

  1. Sidewinder (1971)
  2. 4 Butterflies: Butterfly 4 (1973)
  3. 4 Butterflies (1973)
  4. 4 Butterflies: Butterfly 1 (1973)
  5. 4 Butterflies: Interlude 1 (1973)
  6. 4 Butterflies: Butterfly 2 (1973)
  7. 4 Butterflies: Butterfly 3 (1973)
  8. 4 Butterflies: Interlude 2 (1973)
  9. Until Spring (1976)
  10. Until Spring: Revisited (1976)
  11. The Double Life of Amphibians: Part III, A Fluttering of Wings: IV. Song of the Angel (1984)
  12. The Double Life of Amphibians: Part I, Amphibians: Axolotl (1984)
  13. The Double Life of Amphibians: Part I, Amphibians: Ascent Into Air (1984)
  14. The Double Life of Amphibians: Part II, The Last Dream of the Beast (1984)
  15. The Double Life of Amphibians: Part III, A Fluttering of Wings: I. A Fluttering of Wings (1984)
  16. The Double Life of Amphibians: Part III, A Fluttering of Wings: II. Dance (1984)
  17. The Double Life of Amphibians: Part III, A Fluttering of Wings: III. Halo (1984)
  18. The Double Life of Amphibians (1984)
  19. Until Spring: Revisited (2009) additional
  20. After the Butterfly
  21. After the Butterfly: Cocoon
  22. After the Butterfly: Butterfly
  23. After the Butterfly: After the Butterfly
  24. The Wild Beasts

Links (8)

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/morton-subotnick
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81139116

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/32196

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000857040

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1302590/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/24788562

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q962366

Interviews

  1. http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/computers-music-and-art/977