David Behrman

Biography

David Behrman (born August 16, 1937 in Salzburg, AustriaInt) is an American composer and a pioneer of computer music. In the early 1960s he was the producer of Columbia Records' Music of Our Time series, which included the first recording of Terry Riley's In C.[1] In 1966 Behrman co-founded Sonic Arts Union with fellow composers Robert Ashley, Alvin Lucier and Gordon Mumma. He wrote the music for Merce Cunningham's dances Walkaround Time (1968), Rebus (1975), Pictures (1984) and Eyespace 40 (2007).

Known For

Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance

New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971

A Tribute to John Cage

All Movies (5)

• Knots and Fields2010 · as Self
• Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance2001 · as Self
• A Tribute to John Cage1976
• Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley1974 · as Self
• New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 19711971 · as Self

All TV Shows (1)

• Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television1976 · as Self