Documenting the international avant garde: Earle Brown and the Time--Mainstream Contemporary Sound Series.(Biography)

Upon Earle Brown's death in July 2002, newspapers such as the Boston Globe, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Independent of London memorialized Brown's contributions to contemporary music in lengthy obituaries. (1) These memorials note Brown's influence as a composer, his association with John Cage, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff, and David Tudor, and, in particular, his development of open, modular forms and alternative approaches to musical notation. Although the obituaries briefly mention Brown's work in the sound recording industry, his activities as record producer are overshadowed by the tributes paid to his achievements as a composer. As producer ...