James K. Randall

When James was 17, a piano sonata that he composed was played at Carnegie Hall by his teacher, Leonard Shure.

At Princeton, he became a pioneer in electronic music, working from the very early days of punch cards.

Music from that time includes Lyric Variations for Violin and Computer, Quartets in Pairs, and Quartersines.

; !pfung( The publication of Compose Yourself caused a major financial backer to remove his support from Perspectives of New Music.

[5] While J.K. Randall's early works were set in conventional type, in his later writings he often used his own calligraphy.