African American composer

Olly Wilson

American composer and musicologist who worked with electronic music and West African rhythm.

Olly Woodrow Wilson, Jr. was an American composer of contemporary classical music, pianist, double bassist, and a musicologist. He was one of the most preeminent composers of African American descent in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. He is known for developing a list of Heterogenous Sound Ideals that is widely used to dissect different aspects of music, with an emphasis on African culture. According to Wilson himself, "The essence of Africanness consists of a way of doing something, not simply something that is done" (1991). This motto is the basis of Wilson's work in the realm of ethnomusicology. He is also known for establishing the TIMARA program at Oberlin Conservatory, the first-ever conservatory program in electronic music.

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Born
1937-09-07, St. Louis, USAA Tuesday
Died
2018-03-13, Berkeley, USAA Tuesday, aged 80
At birth
Sun in Virgo, Moon in Libra
Nationality
United States
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1937-09-07, St. Louis, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Chicagothe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunVirgo14°38′Direct
MoonLibra17°37′Direct
MercuryVirgo27°23′Retrograde
VenusLeo9°05′Direct
MarsSagittarius15°38′Direct
JupiterCapricorn17°32′Retrograde
SaturnAries3°01′Retrograde
UranusTaurus13°32′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo18°32′Direct
PlutoCancer29°31′Direct

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Death Chart

2018-03-13, Berkeley, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunPisces23°08′Direct
MoonAquarius10°05′Direct
MercuryAries11°16′Direct
VenusAries8°27′Direct
MarsSagittarius27°45′Direct
JupiterScorpio23°11′Retrograde
SaturnCapricorn8°08′Direct
UranusAries26°31′Direct
NeptunePisces14°16′Direct
PlutoCapricorn20°53′Direct

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