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Joan La Barbara

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Joan La Barbara (born June 8, 1947 in Philadelphia, PA, United States) is a vocalist and composer associated with contemporary classical music. She is a former student of Helen Boatwright and has worked with her husband Morton Subotnick since 1979, as well with many other contemporary composers such as John Cage, Philip Glass, Larry Austin, the dancer Merce Cunningham, and many others. She has also worked with Kenneth Goldsmith. While she is known primarily for her vocal abilities and extended techniques

Top songs

  1. Autumn Signal
  2. Cathing
  3. as lightning comes, in flashes
  4. 13
  5. A Flower / Joan La Barbara
  6. Circular Song
  7. Hear What I Feel
  8. ShadowSong
  9. Klee Alee
  10. Urban Tropics
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  1. Erin
  2. Vocal Extensions
  3. Voice Piece: One-Note Internal Resonance Investigation
  4. Des Accords Pour Teeny
  5. shamansong
  6. Eight Whiskus / Joan La Barbara
  7. Rothko
  8. Thunder
  9. CYCLONE
  10. A Flower
  11. The Wondeful Widow of Eighteen Springs / Joan La Barbara
  12. Time(d) Trials and Unscheduled Events
  13. Mirakus / Joan La Barbara
  14. Forever and Sunsmell / Joan La Barbara
  15. "Q-/-Uatre Petites Bêtes"
  16. Shadow Song
  17. Solo for Voice 45 (from Songbooks)
  18. October Music: Star Showers And Extraterrestrials
  19. Nowth Upon Nacht / Joan La Barbara
  20. Sonnekus / Joan La Barbara
  21. Solo for Voice 49 / Joan La Barbara
  22. Eight Whiskus
  23. nowth upon nacht
  24. Solo for Voice 52 / Joan La Barbara
  25. Solo for Voice 67 / Joan La Barbara
  26. Mirakus
  27. Solo for Voice 49
  28. Forever and Sunsmell
  29. Twelvesong (Zwolfgesang)
  30. Opening
  31. Silent Scroll
  32. Solo for Voice 67
  33. Solo For Voice 52
  34. Voice Piece:One-Note Internal Resonance Investigation
  35. Legato
  36. Calligraphy II/Shadows
  37. Body Work
  38. sonnekus
  39. Music for Two
  40. Slow Waltz
  41. Twelvesong
  42. Twelvesong (Zwölfgesang)
  43. Quatre Petites Bêtes
  44. Les Oiseax Qui Chantent Dans Ma Tete
  45. Les Oiseaux Qui Chantent Dans Ma Tête
  46. Music for Two (By One)
  47. Snow Falls
  48. First Words
  49. A Non Accented Legato
  50. Whisper
  51. The Wondeful Widow of Eighteen Springs
  52. the wonderful widow of eighteen springs
  53. Slow Waltz and Ending
  54. Berliner Träume
  55. Cage: Song Books
  56. Chords
  57. "Q-/-Uatre Petites Betes"
  58. Speaks about John Cage
  59. Sound Painting Cologne
  60. 7
  61. 21
  62. Dance Frame
  63. Rabbit Hole / Acid Trip from 'An American Rendition'
  64. Storefront Diva, a Dreamscape
  65. Cage: Eight Whiskus
  66. 3
  67. ShadowSong (1979)
  68. 37
  69. 46
  70. 45
  71. 6
  72. 38
  73. Dance Frame (Chase, 1978)
  74. 47
  75. 35
  76. Les Oiseax Qui Chantent Dans Ma Tête
  77. Cage: Music For...
  78. 42
  79. 4
  80. 5
  81. 14
  82. 49
  83. Via Dolorita, Street of Sorrows, Street of Sighs
  84. 67
  85. Berliner Träume/Berlin Dreaming
  86. 62
  87. 50
  88. 32
  89. 66
  90. 52

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