Pauline Oliveros
Developed Deep Listening and used accordion bellows, voice and improvisation in experimental music.
- Years
- 1932–2016
- Country
- United States
- Instrument
- Accordion, electronics
Pauline Oliveros was an American composer and accordionist whose work helped shape electronic music and improvisation. From the experiments of the 1960s, she developed Deep Listening, a practice of attending closely to all sounds, and carried it into performance and education.
She joined the instrument's bellows and breath with her own voice on the 1982 album Accordion & Voice, which includes Horse Sings from Cloud. The Wanderer placed an ensemble of accordions and percussion in an experimental setting shaped by dance rhythms. Oliveros was a research professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and founded an institute for the study and teaching of Deep Listening.
Selected works, recordings and publications
- Accordion & Voice1982
A solo album joining accordion and voice, including Horse Sings from Cloud and Rattlesnake Mountain.
Release / publisherAlbum · Lovely Music (1982)
Publication source - The Wanderer1984
An accordion ensemble work with percussion, issued on an album alongside an ensemble version of Horse Sings from Cloud.
Release / publisherAlbum · Lovely Music (1984)
Publication source