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American composer and critic Tom Johnson (born November 18, 1939 in Greeley, Colorado), is one of the few composers to self-identify as minimalist; in fact, he may have coined the term while serving as the new music critic for the Village Voice. He has since collected those articles in the book The Voice of New Music which is available free online. He has lived in Paris since 1983. His pieces are most often based simply on mathematical and logical processes, such as tiling, which he attempts to make as clear as possible.

Top songs

  1. An Hour for Piano
  2. The 286 Three-Note Chords
  3. IV
  4. Tango
  5. Multiplication Table
  6. III
  7. Eighty-Eights
  8. Mersenne Numbers
  9. The 715 Four-Note Chords
  10. Failing: A Very Difficult Piece for String Bass
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  1. VIII
  2. Euler's Harmonies
  3. Xx
  4. The 1287 Five-Note Chords
  5. The 78 Eleven-Note Chords
  6. Abundant Numbers
  7. Narayana's Cows
  8. Kientzy Loops
  9. Rational Melodies: I
  10. VII
  11. V
  12. XVIII
  13. The 1716 Six-Note Chords
  14. Block Design
  15. For the Silence
  16. Secret Songs 1
  17. XII
  18. Combinations for String Quartet: I. I
  19. The 715 Nine-Note Chords
  20. Where Are You Tonight
  21. Around the Silence
  22. Before the Silence
  23. The 286 Ten-Note Chords
  24. Against the Silence
  25. Through the Silence
  26. Failing
  27. Tilework
  28. XVI
  29. Into the Silence
  30. Within the Silence
  31. Secret Songs 2
  32. Secret Songs: I
  33. Toward the Silence
  34. The 1716 Seven-Note Chords
  35. Pascal's Trigangle
  36. The 1287 Eight-Note Chords
  37. XVII
  38. Rational Melodies: II
  39. XIX
  40. Secret Songs: II
  41. An Hour for Piano: Pt. 8
  42. Rational Melodies: No. 1, —
  43. Tango (1984)
  44. Rational Melodies: III
  45. Secret Songs: III
  46. No. II (Infinite Melodies)
  47. Secret Songs 3
  48. Tortue De Mer
  49. An Hour for Piano: An Hour for Piano, Pt. 1
  50. An Hour for Piano: Pt. 6
  51. XXVI
  52. Combinations for String Quartet: III. III
  53. Rational Melodies: IV
  54. XXVIII
  55. Combinations for String Quartet: II. II
  56. Voicings
  57. Rational Melodies (Twenty-one pieces for any instrument) [1982]: XII
  58. Rational Melodies: V
  59. Rational Melodies: VI
  60. Rational Melodies (Twenty-one pieces for any instrument) [1982]: I
  61. An Hour for Piano: Pt. 1
  62. Where are you tonight?
  63. No. III (Infinite Melodies)
  64. XXIV
  65. Four-Note Chords in Four Voices: XII. XII
  66. Combinations for String Quartet: IV. IV
  67. I
  68. II
  69. First Bell
  70. XXV
  71. Rational Melodies (Twenty-one pieces for any instrument) [1982]: XIII
  72. Seventh Bell
  73. XXII
  74. Rational Melodies: No. 21, —
  75. Rational Melodies: VII
  76. Swena Lena
  77. An Hour for Piano: An Hour for Piano, Pt. 2
  78. An Hour for Piano, Pt. 3
  79. 32 Breaths
  80. Rational Melodies: No. 13, Harp
  81. An Hour for Piano: Pt. 3
  82. Tilework for String Quartet
  83. Rational Melodies: VIII
  84. (Unreleased) I Feel Something - Kendrick Lamar Chanel Show Song
  85. Formulas for String Quartet: I. I
  86. Rational Melodies: X
  87. Kirkman's Ladies - Rational Harmonies in Three Voices
  88. Combinations for String Quartet: V. V
  89. Four-Note Chords in Four Voices: II. II
  90. No. I (Infinite Melodies)

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