Ramon Sender
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Ramon Sender (born Oct 29, 1934 in Madrid, Spain) is a composer, writer and the co-founder, with Morton Subotnick, of the San Francisco Tape Music Center in 1961. He studied with George Copeland, Elliott Carter, and Robert Erickson.
At the Center Sender worked with composers Subotnick, Pauline Oliveros, Tony Martin, and Terry Riley. Later Sender was involved with Lou Gottlieb's Morning Star/Wheeler (Ahimsa) Ranch communes and later the Peregrine Foundation (for people "living in or exiting from experimental social groups").
His writings include "Zero Weather", a novel, "Death in Zamora", a book investigating the death of his mother in Franco's Spain, and short stories available on his web site.
His albums include Worldfood (2004, Locust 55)& "Desert Ambulance" (2005, Locust 70).
[edit] See also
- Ramón José Sender
- Ramón Sender Barayón
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