Larry Polansky

The brother of the writer Steven Polansky, Polansky read mathematics and music at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), graduating in 1977. He served on the faculty of Dartmouth College and held the title of Emeritus Strauss Professor of Music upon his retirement from Dartmouth. He subsequently returned to UCSC and served on the UCSC music faculty from 2013 to 2019. He was a founding member and co-director of Frog Peak Music (a composers' collective). He co-wrote HMSL (Hierarchical Music Specification Language) with Phil Burk and David Rosenboom.

There are several recordings of his work, including Four-Voice Canons (an album of mensuration canons). He served as co-producer of Asmat Dream: New Music Indonesia, Vol. I.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

Polansky was previously married to ethnomusicologist and performer Jody Diamond.{{cite web |title=Arts & Artists: Larry Polansky, Composer, Hanover, NH |url=https://www.nh.gov/nharts/artsandartists/2007%20Fellows/larrypolansky.htm |website=New Hampshire State Council on the Arts |access-date=10 May 2024}} Music historian and musician Amy C. Beal was his long time partner and frequent musical collaborator.{{cite web |title=These Are the Generations Liner Notes |url=https://nwr-site-liner-notes.s3.amazonaws.com/80819.pdf|access-date=13 May 2024}}

Polansky died on May 9, 2024, at the age of 69.{{cite news | url=https://news.ucsc.edu/2024/05/in-memoriam-larry-polansky.html | title=In Memoriam: Larry Polansky | work=UCSC News Center (University of California Santa Cruz) | author=Gaby Messino | date=2024-05-23 | accessdate=2024-05-24}}

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• freeHorn (2017, Cold Blue Music)
• Three Pieces for Two Pianos (2016, New World Records)
• The World's Longest Melody (2010, New World Records, featuring Zwerm guitar quartet)
• The Theory of Impossible Melody (1990, Artifact Recordings; 2008 Reissue on New World Records)
• Trios (2004, Pogus CDs, with Douglas Repetto, Tom Erbe, Chris Mann, Christian Wolff)
• Four Voice Canons (2002, Cold Blue Recordings)
• Change (2002, Artifact Recordings)
• Lonesome Road (2001, New World Records, featuring Martin Christ, piano)
• Simple Harmonic Motion (1994, Artifact Recordings)

• Dunn, David [http://www.dramonline.org/albums/larry-polansky-the-theory-of-impossible-melody-2/notes "The Theory of Impossible Melody"]. Liner notes essay. New World Records.
• Beal, Amy C. [http://www.dramonline.org/albums/miwako-abe-works-for-violin-by-antheil-beyer-cowell-dodge-crawford-mahler-polansky-and-wolpe/notes "Nature is the Best Dictator"]. Liner notes essay. New World Records.

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• [http://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/~larry/ Larry Polansky's Dartmouth Page]
• [http://www.frogpeak.org/fpartists/fppolansky.html Frog Peak Artist: Larry Polansky]
• [http://arcanecandy.com/category/larry-polansky/ Larry Polansky at Arcane Candy]
• [http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/mss_405/ Larry Polansky Papers at New York University Fales Library & Special Collections]
• [https://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/~larry/bios/slightly_longer_bio.pdf Dartmouth College biography of Larry Polansky]

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