Stephen addiss and stanley lombardo biography

Stephen L. Addiss (1935-2022)

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Stephen Addiss was born in New York City in 1935. He first went to City and Country School in the city, next to the Putney School in Vermont, and then to Harvard, earning a BA in music composition cum laude in 1957. Returning to New York City, he studied at Mannes College of Music and took the now-famous Experimental Composition classes at the New School with John Cage, with whom he maintained a friendship until Cage’s death in 1992.

Joining his friend Bill Crofut, Addiss spent the next sixteen years touring as “Addiss and Crofut,” performing traditional and international music in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the United States. They recorded 14 LP records, chiefly of their own performances, but also of traditional music from Africa and Vietnam. Addiss & Crofut also appeared on television on the “Johnny Carson,” “Today,” and “