BERBERIAN, Cathy
Name:
BERBERIAN, Cathy (1925–1983)
Musical genre:
Solo Instrument, Vocal Music/Art Songs
Country of birth:
USA
Country of location:
USA
Notes:
American mezzo-soprano and composer based in Italy. She interpreted contemporary avant-garde music composed, among others, by Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, John Cage, Henri Pousseur, Sylvano Bussotti, Darius Milhaud, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, and Igor Stravinsky. As a composer, she wrote Stripsody (1966), in which she exploits her vocal technique using comic book sounds (onomatopoeia), and Morsicat(h)y (1969), a composition for the keyboard (with the right hand only) based on Morse code.
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