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'''Larry Polansky''' (1954-2024)[https://slippedisc.com/2024/05/death-of-a-us-composer-69/] is a [[composer]], [[guitarist]], [[mandolin]]ist, and professor emeritus at [[Dartmouth College]] and the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]]. He is a founding member and co-director of [[Frog Peak Music]] (a composers' collective): [http://www.frogpeak.org]. He co-wrote [[HMSL]] (Hierarchical Music Specification Language) with [[Phil Burk]] and [[David Rosenboom]].
'''Larry Polansky''' (1954-2024<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lebrecht |first1=Norman |title=Death of a US composer, 69 |url=https://slippedisc.com/2024/05/death-of-a-us-composer-69/ |website=Slipped Disc |access-date=13 May 2024}}</ref>) is a [[composer]], [[guitarist]], [[mandolin]]ist, and professor emeritus at [[Dartmouth College]] and the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]]. He is a founding member and co-director of [[Frog Peak Music]] (a composers' collective). He co-wrote [[HMSL]] (Hierarchical Music Specification Language) with [[Phil Burk]] and [[David Rosenboom]].


There are several recordings of his work, including an album of [[prolation canon|mensuration canons]], ''Four-Voice Canons''. He also served as co-producer of ''Asmat Dream: New Music Indonesia, Vol. I'' ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140225035823/http://lyrichord.com/asmatdream-newmusicindonesiavol1-variousartists.aspx]).
There are several recordings of his work, including an album of [[prolation canon|mensuration canons]], ''Four-Voice Canons''. He served as co-producer of ''Asmat Dream: New Music Indonesia, Vol. I'' {{cn|date=May 2024}}.


He is married to ethnomusicologist and performer [[Jody Diamond]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Arts & Artists: Larry Polansky, Composer, Hanover, NH |url=https://www.nh.gov/nharts/artsandartists/2007%20Fellows/larrypolansky.htm |website=New Hamshire State Council on the Arts |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref> and is the brother of novelist [[Steven Polansky]].
He is married to ethnomusicologist and performer [[Jody Diamond]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Arts & Artists: Larry Polansky, Composer, Hanover, NH |url=https://www.nh.gov/nharts/artsandartists/2007%20Fellows/larrypolansky.htm |website=New Hamshire State Council on the Arts |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref> and is the brother of novelist [[Steven Polansky]].

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Larry Polansky performing one of his canons with audience at a panel discussion in January 2009

Larry Polansky (1954-2024[1]) is a composer, guitarist, mandolinist, and professor emeritus at Dartmouth College and the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is a founding member and co-director of Frog Peak Music (a composers' collective). He co-wrote HMSL (Hierarchical Music Specification Language) with Phil Burk and David Rosenboom.

There are several recordings of his work, including an album of mensuration canons, Four-Voice Canons. He served as co-producer of Asmat Dream: New Music Indonesia, Vol. I [citation needed].

He is married to ethnomusicologist and performer Jody Diamond[2] and is the brother of novelist Steven Polansky.

Discography[3]

  • freeHorn (2017, Cold Blue Music)
  • Three Pieces for Two Pianos (2016, New World Records)
  • The World's Longest Melody (2010, New World Records, featuring Zwerm guitar quartet)
  • The Theory of Impossible Melody (1990, Artifact Recordings; 2008 Reissue on New World Records)
  • Trios (2004, Pogus CDs, with Douglas Repetto, Tom Erbe, Chris Mann, Christian Wolff)
  • Four Voice Canons (2002, Cold Blue Recordings)
  • Change (2002, Artifact Recordings)
  • Lonesome Road (2001, New World Records, featuring Martin Christ, piano)
  • Simple Harmonic Motion (1994, Artifact Recordings)

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Lebrecht, Norman. "Death of a US composer, 69". Slipped Disc. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Arts & Artists: Larry Polansky, Composer, Hanover, NH". New Hamshire State Council on the Arts. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  3. ^ "index.html". eamusic.dartmouth.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-19.


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