Corner, Philip
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Name (Latin)
Corner, Philip
Other forms of name
Corner, Phil
Date of birth
1933-04-10
Place of birth
New York (N.Y.)
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Fluxus (Group of artists)
Music
Occupation
Composers
Musicians
Teachers
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
Philip Lionel
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Corner, Philip. Popular entertainments, 1967:title page (Philip Corner)
- Philip Corner (Philip Lionel Corner (born April 10, 1933; name sometimes given as Phil Corner) is an American composer, trombonist, alphornist, vocalist, pianist, music theorist, music educator, and visual artist; received his BA (1955) at CCNY; and an MA (1959) from Columbia University; The two years in between (1955-57) were spent in Paris at the Conservatoire Nat'l de Musique; he returned and became part of the group around John Cage; taught Modern Music at the New School for Social Research from 1967-1970; His teaching career started at a New York City high school and continued at the New Lincoln School where he helped develop the music department and introduced innovative courses (1966-1972); From 1972 to 1992 he continued as professor at the newly established Livingston College, a part of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, soon to be absorbed into the Mason Gross School of the Arts; He was a founding participant of Fluxus since 1961, was a resident composer and musician with the Judson Dance Theatre from 1962 to 1964 and later with the Experimental Intermedia Foundation upon the invitation of Elaine Summers, for whose dance company he served as musician. He co-founded with Malcolm Goldstein and James Tenney the Tone Roads Chamber Ensemble in 1963 (active until 1970), with Julie Winter Sounds Out of Silent Spaces in 1972 (active until 1979) and with Barbara Benary and Daniel Goode, Gamelan Son of Lion in 1976 (still active) ( (Wikipedia, February 5, 2021:) )
- His Gong! 1977:t.p. (Philip Corner)
- Ives, C. Songs [SR] 1966:container (Philip Corner, piano)
- Baker's biographical dict. of 20th-cent. classical musicians(Corner, Philip (Lionel); b. Apr. 10, 1933, N.Y.; American composer, performer, and teacher)
- LCN2015