LA BARBARA, Joan

Initially a vocalist adept at extended vocal techniques, including circular breathing while producing sound, La Barbara became a composer, mostly of pieces for herself, sometimes as continuous sound installations. She also has written articles and reviews of avant-garde music. Her second husband is the composer Morton Subotnick , whose art is roughly as moderately innovative as his wife's. It is one of the mysteries of artists' marriages that two people who have pursued independent careers,...