Tom Johnson

Village Voice music critic and modern composer Tom Johnson published two books, and created over 70 musical works, including pieces for piano (1971's "An Hour for Piano"), with text (1987's "Eggs and Baskets"), for radio ("J'Entends un Choeur," 1993), and, most notably, in opera. His musical influences included Morton Feldman, with whom he studied, and John Cage. His articles for the New York paper can be found in the book The Voice of New Music (Apollohuis, 1991). Johnson also wrote a book on his music theories, Self-Similar Melodies (Editions 75, 1996).