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Olly Woodrow Wilson, Jr. (September 7, 1937 – March 12, 2018) was an American composer of contemporary classical music, pianist, double bassist, and a musicologist. He was one of the most preeminent composers of African American descent in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. He is known for developing a list of Heterogenous Sound Ideals that is widely used to dissect different aspects of music, with an emphasis on African culture. According to Wilson himself, "The essence of Africanness consists of a way of doing something, not simply something that is done" (1991). This motto is the basis of Wilson's work in the realm of ethnomusicology. He is also known for establishing the TIMARA (Technology in Music and Related Arts) program at Oberlin Conservatory, the first-ever conservatory pr

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  • Olly Woodrow Wilson, Jr., né le 7 septembre 1937 à Saint-Louis (Missouri) et mort le 12 mars 2018 à Oakland (Californie), est un compositeur américain de musique contemporaine, pianiste, contrebassiste et musicologue. Il est l'un des principaux compositeurs d'ascendance africaine. Il est également connu pour avoir créé le programme TIMARA (en anglais : Technology in Music and Related Arts) au Conservatoire de musique d’Oberlin, premier programme de musique électronique dans un conservatoire. (fr)
  • Olly Woodrow Wilson, Jr. (September 7, 1937 – March 12, 2018) was an American composer of contemporary classical music, pianist, double bassist, and a musicologist. He was one of the most preeminent composers of African American descent in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. He is known for developing a list of Heterogenous Sound Ideals that is widely used to dissect different aspects of music, with an emphasis on African culture. According to Wilson himself, "The essence of Africanness consists of a way of doing something, not simply something that is done" (1991). This motto is the basis of Wilson's work in the realm of ethnomusicology. He is also known for establishing the TIMARA (Technology in Music and Related Arts) program at Oberlin Conservatory, the first-ever conservatory pr (en)
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  • Olly Wilson (en)
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  • St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. (en)
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