约翰-C-伊顿 作曲家

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John C. Eaton
Composer | Class of 1990
Title
Composer
Location
Bloomington, Indiana
Age
55 at time of award
Deceased
December 2, 2015
Area of Focus
Music Performance and Composition
Published August 1, 1990
ABOUT JOHN'S WORK
John Eaton, a composer in many genres, is an innovator in American opera and in the composition and performance of electronic and microtonal music.

Eaton’s operas include Myshkin (1970), Danton and Robespierre (1978), The Cry of Clytaemnestra (1980), and The Tempest (1985).  In his chamber, vocal, and orchestral music, Eaton expands the traditional tools of the composer through the use of microtonal scales--scales employing more than the traditional twelve tones per octave--and electronic instruments, such as the Syn-Ket.  He is also the co-inventor of the Eaton-Moog Multiple-Touch-Sensitive Keyboard, a synthesizer that is sensitive to the pressure and placement of the fingers.

BIOGRAPHY
He is the founder of the Pocket Opera Players (1992) a small, innovative opera company conceived to tour easily, perform original music in nontraditional venues, and allow instrumentalists to take part in the expressive action of the opera.  He has performed extensively as a jazz pianist, taught at the University of Indiana, and was composer-in-residence at the American Academy in Rome.  Eaton is the Professor Emeritus of Music Composition at the University of Chicago.

Eaton received a B.A. (1957) and an M.F.A. (1959) from Princeton University.

RECENT NEWS
In addition to those mentioned above, John Eaton has composed three Grand Operas: The Reverend Jim Jones (1988), Losing Paradise (2008), and King Lear (2012). He has also written and performed with his opera company, the Pocket Opera Players, over ten new Pocket Operas, nearly all of which were warmly accepted by public and critics alike. He has also written a number of chamber works, including a twenty-five minute song cycle, “The End of It” (2014), commissioned by the Contempo Ensemble (which consists of Pacifica Quartet and Eighth Blackbird plus soprano soloist and harp).

Updated July 2015



约翰-C-伊顿
作曲家｜1990级
职称
作曲家
工作地点
布卢明顿，印第安纳州
年龄
获奖时55岁
已逝世
2015年12月2日
关注领域
音乐表演和作曲
发表于1990年8月1日
关于约翰的作品
约翰-伊顿是一位多种体裁的作曲家，是美国歌剧以及电子和微调音乐的创作和表演的创新者。

伊顿的歌剧包括《米什金》（1970年）、《丹东和罗伯斯庇尔》（1978年）、《克雷泰姆斯特拉的哭泣》（1980年）和《暴风雨》（1985年）。 在他的室内乐、声乐和管弦乐中，伊顿通过使用微调音阶--每八度使用超过传统的12个音的音阶--和电子乐器，如Syn-Ket，扩展了作曲家的传统工具。 他也是Eaton-Moog多触感键盘的共同发明人，这种合成器对手指的压力和位置敏感。

个人简历
他是Pocket Opera Players（1992年）的创始人，这是一个小型的、创新的歌剧公司，设想在非传统的场所进行巡回演出，并允许乐器演奏者参与到歌剧的表现力中。 他曾作为爵士钢琴家广泛演出，在印第安纳大学任教，并在罗马的美国学院担任驻校作曲家。 伊顿是芝加哥大学音乐作曲的名誉教授。

伊顿在普林斯顿大学获得学士学位（1957年）和艺术硕士学位（1959年）。

最近的新闻
除上述作品外，约翰-伊顿还创作了三部大歌剧。吉姆-琼斯牧师》（1988）、《失去天堂》（2008）和《李尔王》（2012）。他还与他的歌剧公司--袖珍歌剧剧团一起创作并演出了十多部新的袖珍歌剧，几乎所有的作品都得到了公众和评论家的热烈欢迎。他还创作了一些室内作品，包括由Contempo Ensemble（由Pacifica Quartet和Eighth Blackbird加上女高音独唱和竖琴组成）委托创作的二十五分钟的歌曲周期《The End of It》（2014）。

2015年7月更新