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    His Dimensions (1960) and Incantations (1961) were scored for instrumental ensembles and a soprano who sings wordlessly, using only vowel sounds. In 1964 he started teaching at the University of Chicago and later that year formed the Contemporary Chamber Players to perform new compositions; he went on to conduct…

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