Maryanne Amacher

Maryanne Amacher
Amacher in 2006
Background information
Born(1938-02-25)February 25, 1938
Kane, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedOctober 22, 2009(2009-10-22) (aged 71)
Rhinebeck, New York, U.S.
GenresElectronic music, experimental music noise music
Occupation(s)Composer, installation artist
InstrumentPiano
Websitewww.maryanneamacher.org

Maryanne Amacher (February 25, 1938[1][2] – October 22, 2009) was an American composer and installation artist. She is known for working extensively with a family of psychoacoustic phenomena called auditory distortion products (also known as distortion product otoacoustic emissions and combination tones), in which the ears themselves produce audible sound.

  1. ^ Kozinn, Allan (2009-10-28). "Maryanne Amacher, Avant-Garde Composer, Dies at 71". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  2. ^ Note, while most sources state Amacher's birth year as 1938, she had in later years used the birth year 1943.