I've come up with another formulation about style: that it's essentially a manifestation of a certain habitual set of limitations. It's what a composer does NOT do that defines a style.

He taught at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn the California Institute of the Arts the University of California and York University in Toronto. Glissade for viola cello double bass and tape delay system (1982) Bridge for two pianos eight hands in a microtonal tuning system (1982–84) Changes for six harps tuned a sixth of a tone apart 1985) or for variable instrumentation (Critical Band 1988 In a Large Open Space 1994). 1961).

James Tenney (August 10 1934 – August 24 2006) was an American composer and influential music theorist.