Denis Smalley

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Denis Smalley (born 1946 in Nelson, New Zealand) is a composer of sophisticated electronic music for tape who describes his approach as "spectro-morphological", featuring the development of sounds in time (Landy 1994, p.149). He studied with Olivier Messiaen. He currently teaches electroacoustic composition at City University, London.

Works include:

  • Pentes (1974)
  • Darkness After Time's Colours (1976), received a Euphonie d'Or (Bourges competition) in 1992
  • Tides (1984)
  • Clarinet Threads (1985), received a Golden Nica (Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria) in 1988
  • Wind Chimes (1987)
  • Piano Nets (1990/1991)
  • Valley Flow (1991/1992)
  • Empty Vessels (1997)
  • Base Metals (2000)
  • Ringing Down the Sun (2002)
  • Resounding (2004)

[edit] Reference

Landy, Leigh (1994). Experimental Music Notebooks. ISBN 3-7186-5553-5.

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